Resources for Parents - Video Games

Four tips for managing your kids’ screen time

Minimize screen use, especially for the youngest children:

Digital Health, Excessive Internet Use, Internet & Mobile, Parents, Resources, Television, Video Games

The Summer Screen Challenge

In a house full of Lego, board games, basketballs and sidewalk chalk, it’s amazing how quickly boredom can set in. The magical screen seems to fix all – it’s like a siren song, constantly calling them, beckoning them with its flickering blue light.

Parents, Video Games

Managing Video Game Playing in the Home - Tip Sheet

Good-quality video games offer lots of benefits to children and teens.

Video Games

Tablet Parenting Fail

Well, it happened: we had a parenting fail when it comes to technology.

Internet & Mobile, Video Games

Co-Viewing With Your Kids

One of the most important things you can do to raise media-savvy kids is what’s called shared media engagement. That includes listening to their music, watching TV, movies and videos together, getting to know their favourite apps and playing the games they enjoy. It also includes talking to them about their media lives: what they like, what they’re excited about or looking forward to, and what worries or annoys them. While just being with them is an important step, this is also a great opportunity to help your kids think critically about the media they consume, by asking them questions about it and, sometimes, answering back.
Internet & Mobile, Movies, Music, Television, Video Games