Growing up, there was no pc or console games, so I spent hours reading books, until my mother decided that I was spending too much time reading books, so I was stuck in front of the TV which simply drove me nuts... but they were the parent, they knew best and because they were the parent, they made the rules and decided that they were right. We are like the adams family version of the brady bunch....... btw, what do I do now ? I help design the games that your kids play, I help run an online gaming companyThe majority of our players log in for 2-3 hours a day, they socialize in guild chats and world chats, they talk to players from around the world, they make friends, some are even employed by me and trained up as Game Masters. They are players on a screen in game worlds where they are not bullied for being the odd kid out, wearing glasses, having ginger hair, not being in the cool crowd........ 30 minutes a day may sound really good for 13-18 year olds but what are you replacing it with ? that is really the problem, a lot of the kids are bored senseless at home because their parents have their face in FB or watching tv because thats the parents down time and they do not want to be disturbed by their kids.......
What rubbish. Especially when she says that violent video games can lead to violent and/or aggressive behavior, given that all the research suggests otherwise. Youd think a leading clinical psychologist would understand the importance of doing the research!
We are a gaming family & our rule is once all chores/homework & responsibilities are completed Let The Gaming Marathon begin!! We have regular eating and drinking rules, aggression is handled with 5min penalty breaks, regular seating positions are to be changed to support ergonomic posture, & any tasks throughout the day are to be completed inbetween gaming intervals. This helps educate children to utilise gaming safely. Half of the problem is caused when parents dont understand the games their children are playing & dont participate actively. Problems occur when children are not educated to game safely e.g regularily drinking water & food, sleeping at allocates times of the night to avoid insomnia etc.
Youre holding them back imo. Technology and gaming isnt going to go away any time soon; prob the reciprocal will happen in fact... embrace it now or dont complain when it passes you and yours behind.
I dislike some articles such as these- my 14 year old son has cerebral palsy and is on the brink of being in a wheelchair, video games are pretty much his only escape, other than reading. He enjoys spelling and came second in last years national competition, but after this is over he is forced back into the daily grind, as he calls it. Yet his two hours on weekend days is frowned on and has been the subject of much bullying. In some cases, we should embrace videogames, not shun them.
agree some games are designed to have 30 -50 hours of gameplay (some above 100) and with the emergence of online games they have endless hours of gameplay. half an hour is probably 2-3 loading screens with modern games
What this author doesnt seem to understand is that video games are a hobby, as with anything else, be it reading, sports, musical activities etc. Ask yourself, would you limit your child to 30 minutes of Rugby or football practice a day, would you only let them read for 30 minutes a day?There are positive and negatives to all hobbies, and this includes video games, but it makes me very sad to see the video game industry painted in such a negative light.As other commenters have already stated, most of these articles are written by those that have never played a video game in their life. They dont understand the depth, quality and care that game designers put into a lot of their products, nor do they understand the skills and experiences that our children can gain from them.
Does he work in IT by any chance now? Sounds like what I did, and now Im 150k+ PA as an IT BDM...
I dont play fortnight at all but i play alot of rainbow six siege
In the 90s my young nephews had a gift of a Playstation 2. Outside activities like bouncing on the tramp stopped overnight and the youngest one (now 24) still spends all of his spare time playing. Hes now working but the minute he comes home its onto the console. Entire weekends are spent in a darkened room with the curtains drawn. Help!!!
My child is, as are my children, because i simply dont allow them free access to my devices.
interesting read, though I do wonder what advice they would give for those of us that are already adults and addicted/dammaged (mental health issues etc) by video games, are we too far gone already?
Growing up, there was no pc or console games, so I spent hours reading books, until my mother decided that I was spending too much time reading books, so I was stuck in front of the TV which simply drove me nuts... but they were the parent, they knew best and because they were the parent, they made the rules and decided that they were right. We are like the adams family version of the brady bunch....... btw, what do I do now ? I help design the games that your kids play, I help run an online gaming companyThe majority of our players log in for 2-3 hours a day, they socialize in guild chats and world chats, they talk to players from around the world, they make friends, some are even employed by me and trained up as Game Masters. They are players on a screen in game worlds where they are not bullied for being the odd kid out, wearing glasses, having ginger hair, not being in the cool crowd........ 30 minutes a day may sound really good for 13-18 year olds but what are you replacing it with ? that is really the problem, a lot of the kids are bored senseless at home because their parents have their face in FB or watching tv because thats the parents down time and they do not want to be disturbed by their kids.......
What rubbish. Especially when she says that violent video games can lead to violent and/or aggressive behavior, given that all the research suggests otherwise. Youd think a leading clinical psychologist would understand the importance of doing the research!
We are a gaming family & our rule is once all chores/homework & responsibilities are completed Let The Gaming Marathon begin!! We have regular eating and drinking rules, aggression is handled with 5min penalty breaks, regular seating positions are to be changed to support ergonomic posture, & any tasks throughout the day are to be completed inbetween gaming intervals. This helps educate children to utilise gaming safely. Half of the problem is caused when parents dont understand the games their children are playing & dont participate actively. Problems occur when children are not educated to game safely e.g regularily drinking water & food, sleeping at allocates times of the night to avoid insomnia etc.
Youre holding them back imo. Technology and gaming isnt going to go away any time soon; prob the reciprocal will happen in fact... embrace it now or dont complain when it passes you and yours behind.
I dislike some articles such as these- my 14 year old son has cerebral palsy and is on the brink of being in a wheelchair, video games are pretty much his only escape, other than reading. He enjoys spelling and came second in last years national competition, but after this is over he is forced back into the daily grind, as he calls it. Yet his two hours on weekend days is frowned on and has been the subject of much bullying. In some cases, we should embrace videogames, not shun them.
agree some games are designed to have 30 -50 hours of gameplay (some above 100) and with the emergence of online games they have endless hours of gameplay. half an hour is probably 2-3 loading screens with modern games
What this author doesnt seem to understand is that video games are a hobby, as with anything else, be it reading, sports, musical activities etc. Ask yourself, would you limit your child to 30 minutes of Rugby or football practice a day, would you only let them read for 30 minutes a day?There are positive and negatives to all hobbies, and this includes video games, but it makes me very sad to see the video game industry painted in such a negative light.As other commenters have already stated, most of these articles are written by those that have never played a video game in their life. They dont understand the depth, quality and care that game designers put into a lot of their products, nor do they understand the skills and experiences that our children can gain from them.
Does he work in IT by any chance now? Sounds like what I did, and now Im 150k+ PA as an IT BDM...
I dont play fortnight at all but i play alot of rainbow six siege
In the 90s my young nephews had a gift of a Playstation 2. Outside activities like bouncing on the tramp stopped overnight and the youngest one (now 24) still spends all of his spare time playing. Hes now working but the minute he comes home its onto the console. Entire weekends are spent in a darkened room with the curtains drawn. Help!!!
My child is, as are my children, because i simply dont allow them free access to my devices.
interesting read, though I do wonder what advice they would give for those of us that are already adults and addicted/dammaged (mental health issues etc) by video games, are we too far gone already?