| Children spend at least 13 to 30 hours a week | | | | out in the open. You will be in a position to judge |
| gaming. Most computer games are violent and | | | | and monitor. Feel free to contact the |
| aggressive and do little to inculcate moral values. | | | | manufacturer and voice your opinion. Study in |
| Studies indicate that gaming results in | | | | detail the plus and minus points of computer |
| aggressiveness and violent responses in children. | | | | usage. Interact with your child at all levels. Be a |
| And, children are less concerned and helpful | | | | cautious buyer -question claims of advancing brain |
| towards their peers and families. They become | | | | development. Introduce a variable routine for your |
| socially stunted. | | | | child. Outdoor activities interwoven with computer |
| The onus of minimizing the effects and ensuring | | | | related activities. Focus on social and emotional |
| that children receive a rounded upbringing falls on | | | | development. The child must be confident, curious, |
| parents. It is important to introduce character | | | | and forthright; display self control; be able to |
| building activities and to censor games, ensuring | | | | relate linearly, be caring and cooperative, and be |
| suitability.Study guidelines established by the | | | | communicative. Choose games that are fun and |
| Entertainment Software Board. They indicate | | | | have a degree of effective learning. Introduce |
| suitability for different age groups. Read the | | | | games that require two or more players-this |
| content label which will summarize the game, this | | | | fosters social interaction. Playing games should be |
| will serve as an appropriateness guideline. Know | | | | a privilege not a right. Emphasize that parental |
| your child. If you find any signs of being unsettled | | | | approval is a must. Use games to maximize your |
| withdraw games that cause this change in | | | | child's interests. If the child is mechanical minded |
| behavior. Introduce games that titillate the | | | | purchase games that encourage this talent. |
| imagination and make use of the mind. Avoid | | | | Choose games that require decisions and |
| violence and aggression. Visit this provides game | | | | strategies. Games should be more than shoot, |
| ratings as well as reviews. Rent a game and play | | | | blow up, destroy, and kill. Avoid killer machine |
| it yourself. First hand knowledge will serve you | | | | games. Explain why a game is not to be played. |
| well. Communicate with other parents. You will | | | | Never just take away a game. A child needs to |
| glean the trends, know the popularity. Play the | | | | understand why you are against playing certain |
| games with your child. Know their reactions and | | | | games. |
| learn their responses. Establish an open relationship | | | | Gaming is a part of life. It introduces computer |
| where your child becomes comfortable even | | | | technology, problem solving, and logic. It improves |
| talking about what is inappropriate or disturbing. | | | | motor as well as spatial skills. Games are not just |
| Establish gently what is right and wrong. Bullying | | | | entertaining, they can be therapeutic too. Choose |
| does not help. Set up the computer and gaming | | | | wisely and guide your child. |
| console in a family room. All games will then be | | | | |