Parenting Kids Who Are Gamers: Tips for Successful Parenting When Kids Are Obsessed with Gaming, Don't Listen, and Behave Badly

By The Collective for Good Reads

Finally, a brief but clear guide to managing the virtual ups and downs of the gaming world and how it relates to your child. In the time it takes your child to beat the next level "boss," you will have a clearer understanding of what's truly motivating them to forsake all else and focus on the screen. More importantly, you'll gain perspective on how to reset their attitudes toward a life with a healthier balance of gaming.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Feb 14, 2023
• ISBN: 9781667889207

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Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Etymology of the Kid Gamer

The History of the Gamer

A Cross-Cultural Look at Gaming

Is the Gaming Culture Something That We Breed in Our Children?

Harmless Habit or Addiction at Full Force?

How Your Anxieties May Come Across to Your Young Gamer

Chapter 2: Dangers of the Gaming Industry

How the Industry Has Your Child Hooked

Health and Developmental Issues

Muscular and Skeletal Problems

Obesity

The Unending Debate on Children and Exposure

Addiction

Chapter 3: The Psychology of the Gamer Kid

The Psychology of an Addict

How to Approach the Problem

What Kind of Behaviour You Should Avoid

The Authoritarian Parent

The Breezy Parent

Chapter 4: Giving Their Video Games a Background Check—A Guide

Rating System

Violence, Sex, and, Nudity

Possible Approaches

Allowing Your Child to Be Educated On Particular Subjects

Banning Access to Specific Games

Regulating the Number of Games Played in a Month

Can They Sell the Product?

Chapter 5: Limiting Screen Time

Why is Screen Time Bad for Your Child

Approaches to Limiting Screen Time

For Young Children

For Older Children

Conclusion

Key Takeaways

Re-Training Your Mind

References

Introduction

If you’ve purchased this book or, perhaps, are perusing it on the aisle of your local bookstore, it is quite likely that you come bearing your own armory of opinions on this topic. Parenting a gamer kid is fairly controversial grounds. It doesn’t matter if you’re the cool Dad or the fun Mom, or perhaps even the curious, yet adamantly child-free. The image of a child engaged in playing digital games brings about a plethora of unsolicited opinions.

Everyone—from frustrated parental units to overbearing grandparents to concerned teachers—seems to have an idea about it. Maybe the child needs more time outside. Why was the kid given a gaming device anyway? Why was the child not exposed to hobbies like reading, making art, or board games?

When you get down to it, the subject involves a copious amount of room for criticism and also a suspicious tendency to go back to the old-school habit of shaming.

However, there are a myriad of reasons why gamer kids exist. They are not exactly a freak accident of parental negligence or, at a particular extreme, an incident of divine retribution. Ironically, our society’s current treatment of gamer kids falls in line with our dramatic examples. How is a child, engaged in a beloved pastime, able to spur such peaks of emotion?

One would argue that gaming is not one of the most innocent hobbies. There has been a wealth of evidence that suggests screen time—gaming, in particular—is detrimental to the mental development of young minds. The most worrying part about the debate is that the research is a formidable deterrent on its own. From sleep deprivation to seizures, the hobby has been linked to serious health complications. The stakes, at this point, seem so incredibly high, yet it seems just as difficult to approach your child about going screen-free as it is to tell them that they are being punished.

It’s a very touchy subject. Essentially, they have not been misbehaving, so the likelihood of them wholly submitting to the strict limitations of screen addiction guidance is quite low. Any child provoked by the aspect of losing a beloved hobby, something that has become habitual in nature to them, may express distress at the situation. While being a parent carries the duty of being the villainous bearer of bad news more often than not, that feeling of having misplaced hatred directed on yourself is always more crushing than we would like to admit.

There have been numerous articles, videos, and parental