“Reading Jason L. Riley's column "American Idle: The Work Ethic Goes Out of Style" (Upward Mobility, June 3), I was at first shocked to learn that 1 in 3 men in the U.S. is neither working nor looking for work.
The more I thought about it, however, the less I was surprised. It is the probable outcome for a generation of men raised to be addicted to video games and screens in general. We have trained them for entertainment. We know from books like Leonard Sax's "Boys Adrift" (2007) that boys' brains have been rewired to be addicted to pleasure, and the motivation centers in the brain have been affected. We pacify toddlers with screens in grocery store carts, hand kids tablets instead of requiring effort and attention in schools and allow boys especially to anesthetize themselves with video games instead of pushing them to play outside or take out the trash. We have trained sloth and docility and are reaping what we have sown.
Those of us who are parents need to be brave enough to say no to video games and recognize the harm that they cause. We might as well hand our boys cocaine and expect them to have a good life. We need to pull the plug on screens, inspire our young men with stories of fortitude and require them to work at home and do hard things in school. They can handle it. Summer is the perfect time to start.
Taresa Neale
Siloam Springs, Ark.” [1]
1. We Train Boys for Entertainment, Not Work. Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New York, N.Y.. 12 June 2026: A14.
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