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Your Kids, Video Games and Fruit

If you have a tough time getting your children to eat fruit, you might consider unplugging their video games. In what some may consider a complete waste of time and money, researchers in the Netherlands have unearthed a fact that most parents have known for a while:  Kids who play video games promoting fruit don’t crave apples, oranges, grapes, kiwi or any other type of fresh produce upon completing the online challenges. According to the new study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Dutch scientists expected their young research participants to crave more wholesome snacks after playing video … Continue reading →

Teaching Your Sons to Be Better Men

In a world where playing video games is more appealing than providing for a family or going to college it is especially important to teach our sons the value of working hard and growing up. While I intend to keep my son little forever, eventually the universe is going to combine against me and make him grow up. For some men, this doesn’t mean much. They are grown up but living in a child’s world. Believe it or not the number of men playing video games between the ages of 18 and 34 surpasses those between the ages of 13 … Continue reading →

What Parents Need to Know about Video Games

I have written about parents educating themselves about video games ad-nauseum, but still, I don’t think enough can be said. Read: Advantages and Disadvantages of Parenting a Video Game Enthusiast How Much Do You Know About Your Children’s Video Games? This is a very important subject that needs to be visited again and again. Doctor Radio recently reported on Kids and Video Games and what you should know before you buy. In this online video report, Dr. Lori Evans mentioned the Top Five Tips Parents Need to Know about having video games in the home. The tips included having the … Continue reading →

Deciphering Video Game Ratings

“Video game ratings are not a game.” They should be taken seriously, and Activision (an American video game developer) is working to make sure parents know what the ratings mean. The first thing, in my estimation that parents must realize about video game ratings is that they are suggestions. As parents, you are free to be more or less restrictive with the rating. While most parents are less restrictive, it might be wise to consider being more conservative. Here are the current video game ratings and what they really mean. Video games rated eC are for “early childhood”. Parents should … Continue reading →

Helping Kids Deal with Violence Around Them

Last week, a 16 year old honor student was beaten to death on his way home from school. The child was an innocent bystander who go caught in the middle of a fight between to gangs (they are described as “factions” in a newspaper report.) An amateur video found all over the net shows the attack. As parents of teens, we have to face the facts that it is nearly impossible to keep our children safe from the violence around them. Angry students plan attacks on their schools. Student shoot and beat each other on school buses and on the … Continue reading →

Warning to Parents: Watch Your Kids… Especially at Chuck E. Cheese

At least that’s the message a TV station in San Antonio, Texas is trying to get out to parents. A local TV news crew there recently aired an investigative report illustrating dangerous lapses in security at nearly every Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in the city. At the heart of the investigation was the popular restaurant chain’s Kid Check program. Parents with young children are likely familiar with the service. Basically, when you visit the kiddie eatery, which is jam-packed with video games, indoor playground equipment and other toys, you get your hand stamped with invisible ink. When you visit in … Continue reading →

The Truth About Television

Upon hearing the theme song to “Little Einstein’s” my 20 month old twins begin patting and dancing until the exciting climax: ‘blast off’! Surely this is a great show right? It introduces my little ones to classical music and teaches all about music theory. And what about Elmo’s world? That’s educational too! In fact, if I listen to commercials, marketing and advertisements, there are a whole slew of media products designed to boost my twins’ brain power seven fold. (Hey, a foreign language DVD anyone?) I admit that my toddlers watch the occasional T.V. Apparently, we are a rare household. … Continue reading →