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Games children play; Games genres; Managing your children's game playing
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The Press
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May 26, 1998
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Copyright informationCopyright 1998 The Press. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Parents are concerned about the effects on impressionable
children
of hot-selling, sophisticated computer games, often exploiting
graphic anti-social themes. DAVID ARMSTRONG reports.
You may have bought it with the best of intentions. Remember the
justification? 'It'll help the kids with their homework, improve
their technology skills, and manage the household budget.'' And, as
a bonus, you could play a few games.
Now that expensive family PC sits in the spare room being pounded
mercilessly by joystick-wrenching, square-eyed children fighting
evil
monsters or wasting yet another enemy city.
For many parents, evenings are a battle to get homework, or
anything useful, done. 'Just a minute,'' ...
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