Questions regarding a child's use of video games may cover determining suitability, setting and enforcing limits, or other questions relating to what role video games play in a child's life.
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What can I do to encourage my 12 year old son to enjoy productive activities?
I have a 12 year old son who if completely left up to his own devices, will spend almost all of his free time doing one of two things, playing casual computer games, and watching TV. I would like to ...
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What studies exist regarding computer usage and computer game playing that support limiting access?
There is no shortage of questions here that relate to stopping or limiting computer time and game playing. What studies are motivating these concerns? I ask this as someone biased because I spent a ...
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How much time is too much time playing educational computer games?
I recently bought an iPad primarily for my 3-year-old daughter. I put nothing on it but educational apps and children's books. No YouTube, no Internet, no (non-educational) games. I've decided to let ...
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How to handle different rules about video games at friend's house?
My 8-year old son, like many boys his age, is obsessed with video games. We try to have a rule at our house where he's allowed to play certain games that are appropriate to his age, for only a ...
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How do you introduce video games without pushing other activities into the background?
I am a gamer.
I enjoy playing video games, and they've been a part of my life since I was a kid.
I believe there are a lot of potential benefits from playing video games, and I want to be able to ...
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are there any peer reviewed studies showing the benefits of video games for kids (especially girls)?
I've been fairly against video games for my daughters (10,11,11) but I'm starting to rethink that. Currently their total "Screen Time" is limited. I might let (or even facilitate/encourage) them to ...
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Should I let my 3 year old play educational games on my iPhone?
There are some great educational-type games for smart phones. Our daughter was able to navigate my iPhone pretty early on.
She seems to learn a lot from the games she is playing - letter sounds, ...
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How do I reduce the time my child spends playing computer games?
I want to do a lot of activities with my son but he seems to prefer to play computer games for most of the time. How can I prevent him from spending too much time on this activity, without making him ...
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Strategies to reduce computer game interest
We have a moderately strict rule about electronics time at the house -- as long as their homework, chores, or other responsibilities are finished, each kid gets to play a computer or video game for an ...
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How do I get my daughter to spend less time at the computer?
Possible Duplicate:
What can I do to encourage my 12 year old son to do more productive things?
My daughter, age 13, dominated the "public children laptop" which was meant to be shared with ...
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Is it reasonable to put limits on a pre-teen playing video games?
Posted on behalf of a friend of mine:
What are appropriate rules for how much time kids actually get to play video games (such as x-box 360, PlayStation 3, or on the PC)?
Apparently we are the ONLY ...
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How can we make parents more attractive than TV, video games, etc.?
Maybe I'm too early to ask about this, since my status changed to be a father since 25 September ago.. But I'm very curious about this.
I learned from my surroundings (my friends family, my ...
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How can a Single Father prevent his child from becoming addicted to video games?
Scenario:
My neighbor faces the tough situation that his 7 year old boy has started to play video games and he wonders how to stop him from getting addicted to them. Sadly, his wife is no more.. he's ...
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What factors encourage collaborative play in Nintendo DS games?
I'm trying to find some Nintendo DS games to encourage two primary-school brothers to get along a bit better. I thought some collaborative games would be good in order to encourage them to work with ...
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Good video games for an Autistic 5th grader to encourage social skills [closed]
Disclaimer: I realize that a lot of folks (including many professionals) think having autistic kids play games is moving them in the wrong direction (away from social interaction). The friend ...
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Enocurage or discourage playing video games to 4+ year old son
What precautions should I take to make it so my son does not become a games addict as he grows. I know what I have lost playing games for so many years when I was young.
My 4+ year old son (will be ...
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What are some good multi-player collaborative games for a 9-12 year old girl? [closed]
I'm considering letting my girls play video games a bit more than they do now. I'm looking for some good game suggestions for them.
Some skills they would benefit practicing are:
Perseverance
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