Jan 30, 2022 | Video Gaming Addiction
Guest Post by Dr. Patrick Quaid, Optometrist, FCOVD, PhD The Irish poet WB Yeats once said that “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire”. I would not agree more, our job as parents and educators is to ensure that our children learn to not...
Nov 25, 2021 | Video Gaming Addiction
Children today are spending much more time on the internet, some still having to attend classes online, most using computers for homework assignments, and many spending some of their leisure time engaging on social media and in video games. Teens and young...
Oct 27, 2021 | Screen Time
Bullying at school still exists, despite many programs and education that have been implemented on this subject. Not that long ago, a child could take solace from their perpetrator when they left the school playground and returned home to the safety and security of...
Aug 25, 2021 | Video Gaming Addiction
As a family member, it’s important to understand that addiction isn’t something a person chooses, nor is it something that occurs overnight. Addiction develops over a long period of time and often sneaks up on us. And it can take a long time to convince your child...
Jul 21, 2021 | Video Gaming Addiction
While writing my second book, Cyber Sober; A Caregiver’s Guide to Video Gaming Addiction, I had the opportunity to speak with Paul Dziadzio, a Gameplay Developer from Baltimore, MD, who has been writing the internal code, for ten years, creating the interactions that...
