Someone claiming TV was addictive wrote:

If I felt my child was addicted to TV or ANYTHING ELSE I would try to help him.

I think rather than singling out TV (or ANYTHING ELSE) and focusing on addiction—which I think is debatable—it's more universally useful to look at whether people are happy or not and to help them be happy. TV does not cause unhappiness. People who are unhappy can turn to TV (or ANYTHING ELSE) as a solution to their unhappiness. If that solution doesn't work and they're stuck on that solution, we can try to help. But it doesn't help us help them to focus on what they've latched onto and see that as the problem. The problem came before their choice of solution. Taking away the solution won't make the problem go away.

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