“Their voices got louder. She doesn’t remember exactly what made him reach for the glass on his bedside table. He threw it with such force that it spun across the room and shattered against his closet door, carving a two-inch gash in the white painted wood. Tiny shards glinted on the striped rug.” The specific descriptions in this story are extreme. But for many parents, the more general effects of videogames (and screen use in general) will be all too familiar. From WaPo’s Caitlin Gibson: Video games are more addictive than ever. This is what happens when kids can’t turn them off.

+ I wrote about the more common form of this affliction a few years ago: “Anyone who’s been within a thousand miles of one can tell you… There is no tantrum like a Put-Down-the-iPad Tantrum.”

+ Outline: The pressure is on for extreme athletes to be constantly producing content, and it’s getting some of them killed.