Pick Me Up! Special

GAME OVER

Calling your children down for their dinner, you struggle to get them off their games console.

If you succeed without any tears or tantrums, you feel like parent of the year.

Except, the battle of the game isn’t over. It’s never over.

Like many parents across the world, you’re fighting a losing battle against Fortnite, Call of Duty and World of Warcraft every day.

These video games are fun, entertaining and popular – at first, they seem harmless.

But among the virtual football players, colourful building blocks and mystical creatures, vulnerable children are being exposed to hidden dangers…

Online video gaming has become an epidemic.

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