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Video Games:
Do You Know What
Your Child Is Playing?

By John M. Garruto, NCSP

 

Resources

http://www.lionlamb.org/media_violence_video_games.htm
This website provides statistics regarding the number of youths who play violent video games.

http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/videogames/main.asp
A website just for parents that keeps you up-to-date about games that are not appropriate for kids (as well as games thought to be okay for kids)

http://www.mediafamily.org/kidscore/chart.asp?MediaType=games&place=0
A multitude of games are reviewed here by Mediafamily, as well as by outside raters.

 

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John M. Garruto, NCSP, is a school psychologist and doctoral candidate at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. This article is provided by the National Association of School Psychologists.
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