According to a new health.com article video games are no less dangers than television is when it comes to lessening an elementary school age child ability to focus. "Previous studies have examined the effect of TV or video games on attention problems, but not both. However, the study does not prove that video games directly cause attention problems." I believe that video games do directly cause, or at least help kids with attention problems, attention problems. It's hard to imagine sitting in one place for an extended period of time watching TV and then complain when they cannot stand still waiting for mom to check out (which is why some retailers now have TV's at the checkout counters). It's especially bad when playing video games, because you are reacting so much of the time, and listening is not active, just passive. School then becomes a problem for boys who can't sit still because they are using their thumbs most of the day. This also points to why boys in particular are having such problems at school. Now, the study does not suggest that it only surveyed boys, but it does make sense that this is having an impact on how boys are performing (or I probably should say under-performing) in school. This is also a good call out to parents to get their kids outside and reading books. That's all I got to say about that, have a good one and, Lord willing, the next blog will be up shortly.
Rom 12:1-2
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