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