Video Games & Your Kids: How Parents Stay in Control

by Hilarie Cash and Kim McDaniel

Book Overview

Video games are now firmly embedded in the cultural identity of America s teenagers. It is now estimated that 90 percent of our youth are playing video games. They are using handheld devices or... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930461054
• ISBN13: 9781930461055
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Issues Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

A must Read

Parents with children playing video games need to read this book. It has some very important information not only for childred but adults also. A very good book.

timely!

what a great book! as a psychologist working in an elementary school, i'm amazed at how much time kids spend on video games and internet- and can see just how much this time takes away from pro-social development and increases the very issues they come to therapy to decrease. this book is well organized and provides a great deal of information about how game time can affect children's developing brains and bodies, and how parents can help limit and intervene. thank you to the authors. i hope we have a lot more conversation on his important topic.

Strongly recommended...

I would strongly recommend this book, particularly to parents of young children who are playing video games. It details how gaming can become a serious problem and what steps to take to prevent it from happening. We have a 16 year old who became addicted to a game called World of Warcraft. If not for our own experience, I would have thought that the consequences of too much gaming that the book talks about are exaggerated, however, they are NOT exaggerated, as our child suffers from almost all of them. I wish I had this book 5 years ago. It is the first that I am aware of to address the growing problem of video game addiction.

Who would think...

Who would think a book about parents staying in control of video games and kids could be a page turner? Well, this book written by Cash and McDaniel is just that. Extremely informative, practical advice and so readable. Joy Rome, M.A.

It is about time!

I wish this book was available 10 years ago when a whole generation of children were beginning to play video games without guidance and professional advice was just not available. This book is very well written, and it addresses a topic few people are really aware of : Video games addiction. The book not only explains the biological and phsychological issues related to this addiction, but it also offers insights and guidelines to parent young children and young adults as well. I highly recommend this book to any parent raising children in the cyber age. Thank you to the authors for sharing their professional experties desperately needed for so many parents.