There is no question or doubt about the fact that TV, interactive video games,
and the Internet are excellent sources of education and entertainment for
children. However, too much of a good thing can be bad too. In this case, it can
have some unhealthy side effects. That's why it's so important to monitor and
limit the amount of time your child spends playing video games, watching TV, or
browsing the Internet.
Psychological studies show harmful effects on children when parents don t play
video games with their kids or have little knowledge of the themes, characters
and ratings of the games their kids play. Kids, no matter what their age, are
more likely to follow your advice if you show them you are interested in what
they do in their free time.
Talk about what you find inappropriate and listen to what your children like.
You can easily make video games a positive family experience. Here are a few
ideas you should consider and think about when dealing with the issue of
children and video games.
Get involved -
If you have young kids, make sure you are the ones choosing the video games and
not them. Purchase games which don't contain any violence or sexual stereotyping
with its female characters. Ask other parents for advice and suggestions of good
games.
Be sure to check the rating of a game before you decide to rent or buy it.
As you children get older, talk to them about which games they like and want to
play. Be involved when they buy them, too.
Take the time to sit down and play new games with your kids. This gives you a
firsthand view of its content.
Set up the video game console in a high traffic area of your house so you can
monitor what your kids are playing.
Talk about content you find offensive -
Sit your children down and talk to them from a young age about why you find
certain video game content objectionable. There are a lot of games out there
that portray women as sex objects and violence as an everyday part of life. It s
perfectly ok for you to be concerned about your ten year old being exposed to
these things.
Almost all teens play video games that are full of violent or sexist content, so
it is pretty unrealistic for you to try and ban them from playing games like
this at this age. Instead, talk to your teens about why you find these types of
games offensive. Trust me, they will respect your feelings, and hopefully learn
something from your values even when they play games at a friend s house.
Monitor the amount of time spent playing video games
Never ban them from playing video games completely. It s ok to set limits but
video games are increasingly becoming an important part of kids' social lives,
especially boys.
Set rules for how much time per day they can play games, and make sure you stick
to them. Many parents usually have rules such as "not until homework is
completed" or "only on the weekend" setup.
Remember that there are a lot of games which are long and take a certain amount
of time to finish if you are thinking about setting time limits on how long a
gaming session can last.
While a new game can completely consume your kid s attention, most of the time
the novelty of it will pass and other activities become more appealing.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
The Best Ways To Manage Your Child s Video Game Playing
Skies Of War: Fun Beyond My Imagination
I am keen interested to play web games. Whenever, I become free from my studies,
I spend my free time with web games. My excitement increases in my holidays
because I know that I will enjoy with my interest. However, there are lots of
means to enjoy holidays. I like web games most. Web games give chance to
concentrate and to make strategy for success in any thing. Web games teach
technique and diplomacy for implementation of any plan properly.
Various game websites having lots of exciting games provide innumerable games
under different categories. I like some game sites addictinggames, miniclip ,
gamelinks providing numbers of exciting and interesting games for fun and
enjoyment. I got a game Skies of War from miniclip which is created and owned by
youdagames.
They have also similar game named Rail of War . Application of equipments and
surroundings in this game were so interesting that I involved myself completely
to play the game. I played this game number of times. Finally I purchased the CD
Cassette of game Rail of War . I thought that the full version of game Skies Of
War would also be interesting in the same ratio. I bought the CD Cassette of
this game also which was cheaper than Rail of War . I started to play game Skies
Of War . I found that game is becoming harder in the next level. My interest and
my enthusiasm grew up. I continued the game in interesting arena and crossed 2nd
and 3rd level easily. Latest Aircraft Weapons, different Aircrafts and different
kinds of trains attracted me a lot and helped me a lot to cross the next level.
I was surprised that along with these latest technical means, support of 5 Mega
Huge Backgrounds including bigger grass map, desert map, super jungle map was
there to play the game in the next level with full fun and excitement.
The interesting thing of this game was to make the enemies completely helpless
in the next level. There were lots of disturbances and they were destroyed
through control keys. Control keys to move helicopter in hover mode and key R
for full roll made the game interesting. Difficulties came and I crossed the 7th
level of the game by using Propaganda Leaflets, Emp Bomb, Carpet Bomb, Fuel Bomb
and Double Machine Gun and I was excited in this level of the game.
I faced more difficulties in the 8th level of the game and I tried more than 3-4
times to cross this level of the game. My excitement and difficulties to cross
this level of the game was taking place simultaneously. I was enjoying myself
against these difficulties and the surprising thing was that I was not making
bore myself and ultimately I crossed this level. I was fully excited after
crossing the 8th level of the game and was in full enthusiasm to cross the 9th
level of the game.
My enthusiasm went down when I was struck in the 9th level of the game.
Difficulty in the game was increasing according to the level and I was
completely puzzled in this level of the game. My excitement was forcing me to
cross this level any how and at any cost. I tried more than 5-6 times but I
failed. Using my enthusiasm and Aircrafts weaponized by Gun Slots, Bomb Slots,
Missile Slots ultimately I crossed the 9th level of the game.
My excitement was on pick point in the last level of the game and I was
dedicated to win the game any how. My attempt to win the game was going in vein
and I tried more than 7-8 times to win with all possibilities. Finally, I used
my diplomacy and unlocked planes, weapons and single mission maps and won the
war. You would not imagine that my ecstasy was at which point and I was out of
control after this victory. In fact I forgot my routine work while I was playing
this game. This victory compelled me to play the game again and I played.
My thirst to play this game is not ending yet. I can t stop myself to play this
game again. I don t feel bore after playing this game. In fact, I become more
enthusiastic to play this game again. I think now that I can use my holiday s
timings with YoudaGames s flash games collections.
YoudaGames have created around 10+ games, however they have very huge collection
of flash games in different categories. They have very nice interface and
graphics. I am really impressed with such type of interesting and enthusiastic
graphics. They have categorized their games. They have so many categories like,
Action, Puzzle, Racing, Platform, Strategy, Zigiz etc. I have played so many
games under the category of Action games that I feel myself as a action hero.
Action Game Skies Of War entertained me to a great extent and it was really
beyond my imagination. It s a great game and so was Rail Of War.I will come up
with more exciting games which I feel more enthusiastic. I am also planning to
create website where I can introduce games and people can write reviews for
further modifications. I will update soon meanwhile you enjoy with Skies Of War
So, have fun and enjoy yourself with Skies Of War .