Gaming and Internet Use
June 29, 2009 by Sarah Newton
Filed under Parents
Facebook . . . MySpace . . . YouTube…Video Games, arghh!
What is it all about? I mean, why are teenagers so obsessed with these sites? What is the appeal of Video Games? Should parents be worried? What are teenagers actually doing when they are on-line and why are they doing it? Is Facebook a friend or a foe?
I have to say that I have, as a parent, been very reluctant to allow my children to play video games and go on even appropriate social networking sites. In fact I even wrote a blog on what I did when my Mum offered to buy a Wii. I have been very anti the whole thing. I think for two main reasons.
Video Games and Teenagers – what can Parents do?
June 16, 2009 by Sarah Newton
Filed under Parents
I recently asked one of my Teen Writers this question “Video Games – mindless fun, learning tool or just plain dangerous?”
Do video games serve any purpose other than to entertain the minds of the bored?
I ask myself this question after having just finished a video game so I am probably not the most unbiased person on the planet. Now the main question I was asked is, are video games addictive, the short answer to this question is yes, extremely addictive.
