Parents think teens spend too much time playing video games: Study

FILE PHOTO: An attendee uses a Microsoft Xbox One controller while playing a video game at the Paris Games Week , a trade fair for video games in Paris, France, on Oct 29, 2019. - Most American parents think their teens spend too much time playing video games, but many of them also believe this is typical adolescent behaviour, a US study suggests.

"Although many parents believe video games can be good for teens, they also report a number of negative impacts of prolonged gaming," says Mott Poll co-director and Dr Gary Freed. Almost half of parents say gaming"sometimes" or"frequently" gets in the way of teens' activities with family, and 46 per cent of parents think gaming takes time away from sleep.

While these results suggest that parents should set limits around gaming, they're unlikely to get through to teens by simply calling this pursuit"mindless entertainment," Freed said by email. "They should encourage other activities with peers and family more likely to support social development and learning," Tomopoulos, who wasn't involved in the study, said by email.

Whatever approach parents take will probably work better if they collaborate with their teen to set limits, said Dr David Hill of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill.

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