What do you see when you frame your family’s computer with your fingers and squint? Seurat’s Sunday on La Grand Jatte? A chaotic Jackson Pollack? A Steve Jobs original? A Disney collectible? Munch’s The Scream? It’s likely no two parents will agree on what having technology in the picture looks like to a child’s social,… Continue reading
The modern version of the playground fight is happening all across America in TV rooms and bedrooms harboring players of action/adventure games. Jimmy: (bluntly) “Oh, you jerk! Why’d you kill me! Now I’m going to go into the building and get more ammo!” (Now absorbed again into the game and away from any conscious understanding… Continue reading
If your tween has been allowed to play action-adventure video games for a few hours at a time on a regular basis, you may have noticed a little residual defensiveness oozing beyond the boundaries of that arena. As tweens begin to feel the insecurity of early adolescence, they are sensitive about receiving even subtle… Continue reading