Video Game Addiction and Its Effect on Young Boys

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(PCM) Did you know that nearly 9 out of 10 U.S. children play video games, or that the average young American will spend 10,000 hours playing video games by age 21!?

Video game addiction is a real problem in this country, especially for boys, with more than 3 million children in the U.S. suffering from the addiction. Check out these startling statistics, and if you think that you or someone you know could be suffering from video…Read full post

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Video Game Addiction: Five Warning Signs for Assessing Risk

Categories: Health & Fitness, Home, Life

By Scott Rigby and Richard M. Ryan, Authors of Glued to Games: How Video Games Draw Us In and Hold Us Spellbound

Games are powerfully motivating of deep engagement that can last for hours on end, day after day. The first step to really understanding how to manage gaming in your life (or that of a loved one) — and to identify when there may be a problem — is understanding what is really at the root of games strong motivational…Read full post

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