Recently I highlighted a new crowdfunding project. Andy Robertson is my ‘go to’ person for balanced, knowledgeable insights into gaming (and children). He did the rounds of a couple of TV shows yesterday (after the news about problems with Fortnite) – and here’s the recording from one of them:
This was also covered by The Metro, and I like this tweet:
I’m getting an aneurysm just listening to this.
My parents took my games away when I was on them too long, it didn’t make me “disciplined” or respect them more, I just lost my trust in them if I needed help.
None of these people are kids, or grew up in this environment.— Jordanimate (@Jordanimating) June 13, 2018
The best thing that you can do to help balance out the dialogue is by buying Andy’s book ‘Taming Gaming’ – and you can read his guides to Fortnite here or here… and if you want my book that deals more widely with digital as a whole see Raising Children in a Digital Age.
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Hmmm – https://theconversation.com/gaming-addiction-what-we-can-learn-from-smoking-cessation-programmes-98495?
See also this article Andy wrote https://blog.ted.com/finding-the-meaning-in-video-games-yes-they-have-value-beyond-entertainment-and-self-improvement/
See also https://www.pocket-lint.com/parenting/news/144993-gaming-addiction-and-who-guidelines-explained-what-to-look-for-in-your-kids-and-tips-to-help