Who Knew? Time Spent Playing Video Games Means Less Time To Do Other Stuff

In a blinding flash of the obvious, a new study finds that playing video games hinders learning in boys.  Before we all rush to throw the Playstations into the trash, there are a number of things that make this "study" suspect.  First, it was done with boys because the researchers assumed that girls would naturally play less video games (so much for unbiased research.)  Second, the way it was conducted was that out of a group of children, half were given video game consoles and half were not.  Unsurprisingly, the half given consoles started playing video games, and the researchers found a corresponding drop in other activities and scholarship.  The conclusion:  time spent playing games is less time spent studying.  You have to get an advanced degree to figure this out?  So how do you limit the amount of time on the console?  How about an old fashioned thing called parenting?