Gaming Information for Parents

Recommended Book Resources:

"Don't Bother Me Mom, I'm Learning!:" How computer and video games are preparing your kids for twenty-first century success and how you can help! by Marc Prensky

Grand Theft Childhood: The surprising truth about violent video games and what parents can do by Lawrence Kutner and Cheryl K. Olson

Joystick Nation: How videogames ate our quarters, won our hearts, and rewired our minds by J.C. Herz

Taking Back Childhood: Helping your kids thrive in a fast-paced, media-saturated, violence-filled world by Nancy Carlsson-Paige

The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokémon and beyond--the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world by Steven L. Kent

Recommended websites:

 Active Gaming Tips for parents from Common Sense Media

 Board Games with Scott presents video reviews of board games

 Gaming Tips from Common Sense Media

 A Parent's Guide to Dungeons and Dragons (pdf)

 A Parent's Guide to Game Ratings from PBS's The Video Game Revolution

 Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked from PBS's The Video Game Revolution

 What They Play, the family guide to video games

 What's in a Game from the Parents' Choice Foundation

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