Weird 2010's gamer nationalism meets china bad.
"Oh no, kids won't be able to use games to escape reality now" — Good, have them play outside or read a book or something.
"Horrible, I couldn't live without games" — Yes, this law is attempting to help people before they become like you.
"New generations won't grow up to be gamers now" — How will society survive!
"It's about controlling freedom of thought" — Ah, yes, this will stop the great dialogue had by fourteen-year-olds in LoL game chats.
I don't totally disagree, but if you're trying to make decisions for the good of the whole country, then this is basically just personal responsibility.
Like a parent shouldn't let their kid spend 6 hours on WoW every night, but "Why do we need laws about child welfare, parents should just be good at being parents," isn't any way to run a society.
Also at that point WoW sounds like a drug addiction and I don’t know if you’ve ever loved a drug addict, but it’s fucking difficult to make sure they don’t use while they’re living with you’ve you.
They have their entire day to figure out how to use. You have to look after them while also dealing with your own stuff? Sort of confusing to blame the parents.