Which mask do you wear? Are you happy that your child is contentedly playing a videogame and not under your feet? Or sad, because you self-flagellate about allowing videogames–how they limit your child’s creative and imaginative play. No doubt you have read ubiquitous advice suggesting that videogames or social apps be turned off to allow… Continue reading
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