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Playstation or Playground?
Today’s parents have a mind-boggling array of movies, video games, CDs, and MP3s to sift through to keep abreast of their children’s vast entertainment options. Rating systems supposedly created to help parents monitor the content of popular media can make the process even more ...
Source: Parents' Choice Foundation
Violent Video Games
Video games have been available to consumers for the last 30 years. Video games are unique, as compared to other games children and adolescents play, because they encourage players to become a part of the game's script. Players are encouraged to actively participate as a character by choosing how ...
Source: Palo Alto Medical Foundation
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The Impact of Video Games on Children
What impact does playing video games have on children or adolescents? The most widely used "positive" impact video...
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Boys and Guns: Okay to Play?
In the world of hot parenting topics, boys and imaginary gunplay ranks at the top. In a culture already filled with...
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The Gender of Video Games
In the next issue of Greater Good (Spring 2008), I have an essay on new research into video games. My focus is on the...
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Video Games: Cons and Pros
The impact of television, both positive and negative, on children has been a subject of both heated opinion and...
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Electronic Media and Young Children
Television is a daily presence in the lives of most young children, and video games on consoles and computers are also...
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