Feb 9, 2022 | News, Video Gaming Addiction
Elaine Uskoski wrote a guest blog post for ETP Canada …The inevitable loss of life is a subject that most people are uncomfortable thinking or talking about, but it is a necessary conversation to have with yourself and with others. In the world of video gaming,...
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...
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...
Jun 18, 2021 | Video Gaming Addiction
I am often asked, by parents, how my son stopped his video gaming addiction and has remained gaming sober for four years. This is not an easy question to answer, because I know these parents are looking for the easy-to-access secret to breaking gaming addiction....