Do online games like World of Warcraft lead to bad parenting?

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And I would add another dimension is that from the perspective of a spouse/family member, the social interaction in MMOs could be seen as replacing that of the spouse/family.

So in that respects, I think that MMOs aren't the same as "another video game" or "another escape", they are different animal and need to be handled differently than alcohol, gambling etc. One aspect being, that once you put it down for a while, you don't much have the desire to go back