Matthew E. Taft
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I read an interesting report today from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. They did a survey called Teens, Video Games and Civics (link), whose results seem to indicate that most teens play video games, and that most of the same teens aren't any less likely to be involved in social activities. I, for one, played video games A LOT growing up. Now, as a parent of children who are yet too young to play video games, I wondering whether video games had any positive or negative results on my life. I've heard many different opinions. Some say video games help children with hand - eye coordination, and also opens their minds to the technological aspects of this world that will affect their future, no matter what carrier choice they make. Others have looked at the percentage of children in the U.S. verses other countries that play video games, and the intelligence levels of these same children, and seem to claim children who played fewer video games were more intelligent. So needless to say, I find all of this very interesting, as I will be raising my children in a generation of cell phones / pocket-sized computers / video games / God-knows-what-else.
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