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TV Video Games and Our Kids

How are TV viewing and video games affecting our children?

 

Journal Articles  
See Mrs. Hamilton's recent letter for access information or contact Mrs. Woodward in the John D. Verdery Library (203.830.3982).  

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 MacreadyClinical Psychiatry News.  May 2004 v32 i5 p49(1).  

TV linked to kids' attention problems. Health & Medicine WeekApril 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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