I mean, TV and video games are not bad, Video Games actually help with hand eye co-ordination and social skills, I remember when I was a young boy I used to watch very TV and lots of video games, I stopped earlier than most children my age due to the fact that my studies were more imporant. I think parents in todays day and age don't see why children are as outgoing as they were before.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.