Parents who say, “If you’re feeling well enough to play video games, you’re feeling well enough to go to school!” don’t seem to realize they are equating an extremely low impact leisure activity with a high stress and difficult involuntary obligation.

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Plus, you know. You can’t really give Luigi strep throat

Studies have shown that active distractions like video games can lower pain and discomfort better than passive distractions like watching tv

If you’re feeling well enough to play video games then you can use it as a symptom reducer just like we use cold medicine to make us feel better so we can relax