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Report Claims Video Games Are Good for Kids

February 13th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

A report from a European parliament committee states that playing video games has a “broadly beneficial effect” on children’s mental development.

According to this study,

Games can help instill facts in children and encourage the use of important skills such as creativity, cooperation and strategic reflection.

(Right, because when I think of ways to encourage creativity and cooperation, I think video games.  Doesn’t everybody?)

The study also suggests that games should have a “red button” which parents could push to turn off a screen or disable game play, as “the possibility of harmful effects on the minds of children cannot be ruled out”.

Honestly, I don’t know whether to laugh or to cry.

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