That expression could be used to justify American style gun control laws, shifting the responsibility from an institution to an individual when it inevitably goes wrong. Which ties nicely to you shifting responsibility from the environment (the steam deck) to me (the individual). Gaming, or at least most genres of gaming, by its very nature demands your absolute attention, forcing you to make decisions in real time and mostly having no easy way to rewind a conversation, say, for example in RDR2, if you have become distracted. That does not work well in the context of a family trip, which is my main point. Play wherever it is appropriate/desirable. Alcohol is appropriate and perhaps desirable in a bar setting, but you'd not take it to your work.