TV Video Games and Our Kids

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TV Video Games and Our Kids

How are TV viewing and video games affecting our children?

Journal Articles

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	The effects of video games on children: what parents need to know. Douglas A. Gentile. *Pediatrics for Parents*. June 2004 v21 i6 p10(2).
	Well-child visits in the video age: pediatricians and the American Academy of Pediatrics' guidelines for children's media use. Douglas A. Gentile, Charles Oberg, Nancy E. Sherwood, Mary Story, David A. Walsh, Marjorie Hogan. *Pediatrics*. Nov 2004 v114 i5 p1235(7).
	Early TV viewing portends attention problems later.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry) Norra Macready. *Clinical Psychiatry News*. May 2004 v32 i5 p49(1).
	TV linked to kids' attention problems. Health & Medicine Week. April 26, 2004 p52.
	... TV and children. (Keep Your Eye On).(Brief Article) The *Brown* *University* *Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter*. Nov 2001 v17 i11 p2(1).
	Video and computer games: effect on children and implications for health education. Steve M. Dorman. *Journal of School Health*. April 1997 v67 n4 p133(6).

Interesting Resources

Short Attention Span Theatre Presents: The Television Attention Deficit from TurnOffYourTV.com

Filling Their Minds With Death: TV Violence and Children from TurnOffYourTV.com

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