A review of the Games and your children – How Parents in Control Hilarie Cash, PhD and Kim McDaniel, MA
Like many parents, I am concerned about my children too much screen time. Whether television, computer or video games is not important. One reason for this is because I have seen how screen time have affected the other most important activities. Activities such as reading, family time and help around the house, even daydreaming.
It seems that boys have a difficult time accepting limits around video games and computers. Since I have two son, I did not want any part of the ongoing struggle for the video game system between themselves and refused to accept boundaries and limits that I see in other families. I also observed the children missing a lot of sleep and social interaction with peers, because too much money in an artificial world, with adverse short and long term.
Games and children together much of the current research, science and data on why parents should question their children spend time playing video (and computer) games. Instead, the greatest invention since the baby wipe, video games are not always just harmless fun.
First, video games are addictive. In fact, they are designed to be like his name – it is tacky marketing “factors. The more the child plays, the best in their assessment. Another reason they are addictive because of the rapidly changing images on the screen and how they stimulate the brain. That sounds like an advantage, it is not. He leads the difficulties of children with other types of learning – the kind to be solved by listening and discussing problems and take more time.
Secondly, video games have negative effects on the body and brain – not just video games contribute to a sedentary lifestyle (possibly contributing to obesity in children), but also think retraining the brain and how. This has adverse effects on how children learn and their ability to learn outside the game
Parents sometimes believe that video and computer games are “educational” but the evidence does not support this assessment. In fact, some studies suggest an opposite effect and indicated a link between computer games and decreased vocabulary.
Video games can also lead to decreased attention span and reduced ability to act appropriately in social situations lead. Video games can also lead to eye and vision problems, headaches, sleep disorders and carpal tunnel syndrome. Children who spend a lot to play even develop poor posture and shallow breathing to spend.
Interestingly, the authors are not entirely to video games, but rather to point out that parents must be very careful about their use. This book is useful if a parent when they have research to back up our intuition that we are. Allowing a child to access the entire video is a bad thing. It also gives you some tips from the experts how to recognize video game addiction and how you can help your child – and yourself or a spouse if you are those who have a problem.
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