If you are like most parents I know, we are trying to find a balance between screen-time pursuits and real-life endeavors that can enrich our kids’ lives. Most of us understand that banning all video games is neither realistic nor helpful. Kids need fun, pleasurable outlets just like we ...
An advocate for educational video games realizes that our kids might actually learn more from Civilization, Minecraft, Call of Duty and World of Warcraft. Everything changed at a lunch with the legendary game designer Sid Meier. For years, I’d been making the case that we should borrow from...
Much like television, the topic of whether video games are good for your child or not has been discussed and debated for many years. Kids will always be drawn to video games, just as they used to play jacks and marbles for fun, today’s modern child is acclimated to all things digital....
Some video games get you moving just as much as going for a jog would. They can befun workoutsthat help both your body and mind. Games are great formeeting new people online and making friends, plus they can turn a bad mood into a good one in no time. ...
Last, an indirect benefit is the fact that several video games are based on real historical events, and can encourage kids to find out more about the world that came before them through research and reading. 3. They exercise the body ...
far more nuanced when we talk about the effects of video games.” (Nic Fleming). When kids ...
Online games help people get acquainted with each other and make new friends who share their interests. They could even meet offline and have fun outside of the virtual world. But always use caution if meeting someone for the first time. Kids should never talk to anyone online, or give out...
As our culture has grown increasingly digitally connected in recent years, it’s no surprise that video gaming consoles have become ‘must-haves’ for today’s youth. With many kids in elementary school playing video games semi-regularly, it’s become a solid necessity to not feel isolated fro...
it was probably this availability what made the video games the things they are today. Kids have unlimited imagination and it takes imagination to make something really NEW. It must have been a huge outburst of the wildest, most zany ideas for the games, something that I previously...
These videos are disturbing, and the second one a bit gory, so watch them at your discretion. They purport to be videos of the woman who was shot dead at the Capitol yesterday. You’ll have to watch the first one on YouTube but the link will take you there. ...