Gaming is not a crime
Teace Snyder, a 27-year-old Canadian gamer teamed up with his 65-year-old mother Jayne Gackenbach, a Grant MacEwan University professor of psychology to publish their own book in video game’s defense.
The mother and son partnership has come up with the book Play Reality which looks into the video games’ positive side and aspires to battle the fear mongering and common misconceptions regarding theeffects of gaming to the human brain.
These misconceptions have led to the feeling of shame to lots of gamers for playing or spending times with video games. Snyder mentioned that the main bone of contention on their book is about the misinformation that other forms of published materials have taught to people which they believe is true, but in fact it only mislead them.
Snyder and his mother advice parents of children who love video games that they should limit their child from gaming and it should be done in moderation. The environment for gaming should be placed in the living room in order for them to monitor what their children are playing and their time consumed from it.
Parents should engage their children to talk about the video games they play. They should be more hands on when it comes to their children and ask them if they could join them during their gaming time.Through this, you will have quality time to spend with your children and you will see what their common reactions are while they play. If they manifest a violent reaction, you can correct it and tell them that it is just a game and they do not have to be disappointed when their character got killed or they lose in a game.
Video games are not bad, but there are just some misconceptions surrounding them that make you feel that gaming is not good. Proper guidance from parents will greatly help their children understand what is good and bad about video games.
