...and they wonder why kids are obese these days?
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Baldanders
Jim AKA Patty
You don't get it for playing games you get the award for understanding the rating system. Its also not for Boy Scouts the awards are for Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos.
Belt loop: Complete these three requirements
1. Explain why it is important to have a rating system for video games.
2. Check your video games to be sure they are right for your age. With an adult, create a schedule for you to do things that includes your chores, homework, and video gaming.
3. Do your best to follow this schedule. Learn to play a new video game that is approved by your parent, guardian, or teacher
Belt loop: Complete these three requirements
1. Explain why it is important to have a rating system for video games.
2. Check your video games to be sure they are right for your age. With an adult, create a schedule for you to do things that includes your chores, homework, and video gaming.
3. Do your best to follow this schedule. Learn to play a new video game that is approved by your parent, guardian, or teacher
Baldanders
Jim AKA Patty
If it helps younger kids from playing games ment for older teens and adults its a good thing in my book.
PLUSH
Some random brother
Belt loop: Complete these three requirements
1. Explain why it is important to have a rating system for video games.
2. Check your video games to be sure they are right for your age. With an adult, create a schedule for you to do things that includes your chores, homework, and video gaming.
3. Do your best to follow this schedule. Learn to play a new video game that is approved by your parent, guardian, or teacher.
Academic pin: Earn the Video Games belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements
1. With your parents, create a plan to buy a video game that is right for your age group.
2. Compare two game systems (for example, Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Wii, and so on). Explain some of the differences between the two. List good reasons to purchase or use a game system.
3. Play a video game with family members in a family tournament.
4. Teach an adult or a friend how to play a video game.
5. List at least five tips that would help someone who was learning how to play your favorite video game.
6. Play an appropriate video game with a friend for one hour.
7. Play a video game that will help you practice your math, spelling, or another skill that helps you in your schoolwork.
8. Choose a game you might like to purchase. Compare the price for this game at three different stores. Decide which store has the best deal. In your decision, be sure to consider things like the store return policy and manufacturers warranty.
9. With an adults supervision, install a gaming system.
Get past the headline, and after reading more -
Sounds good to me, It teaches them many things, appropriate game ratings, consumer research, increased family time, compare/contrast identity,
1. Explain why it is important to have a rating system for video games.
2. Check your video games to be sure they are right for your age. With an adult, create a schedule for you to do things that includes your chores, homework, and video gaming.
3. Do your best to follow this schedule. Learn to play a new video game that is approved by your parent, guardian, or teacher.
Academic pin: Earn the Video Games belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements
1. With your parents, create a plan to buy a video game that is right for your age group.
2. Compare two game systems (for example, Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Wii, and so on). Explain some of the differences between the two. List good reasons to purchase or use a game system.
3. Play a video game with family members in a family tournament.
4. Teach an adult or a friend how to play a video game.
5. List at least five tips that would help someone who was learning how to play your favorite video game.
6. Play an appropriate video game with a friend for one hour.
7. Play a video game that will help you practice your math, spelling, or another skill that helps you in your schoolwork.
8. Choose a game you might like to purchase. Compare the price for this game at three different stores. Decide which store has the best deal. In your decision, be sure to consider things like the store return policy and manufacturers warranty.
9. With an adults supervision, install a gaming system.
Get past the headline, and after reading more -
Sounds good to me, It teaches them many things, appropriate game ratings, consumer research, increased family time, compare/contrast identity,
danthebugman
BoM Nov '10
I know some adults that could benefit from a decision making plan like this.
Dan
Dan
I'm actually a big fan of kids being introduced to video games at a young age (in carefully supervised moderation, of course!). Games today teach all sorts of problem solving and information management skills that kids will need later in life.
Today's kids will spend the rest of their lives expected to pick up potentially unfamiliar user-interfaces, decipher them, and translate their own intentions into the language of the interface and the underlying construct. Video games are essentially a trainer for this sort of behavior.
The challenge, IMHO, is the same as it is with television. Parents need to monitor and control the sorts of games their kids are playing, and avoid the temptation to just park the kid in front of the "electric babysitter".
-Charles
Today's kids will spend the rest of their lives expected to pick up potentially unfamiliar user-interfaces, decipher them, and translate their own intentions into the language of the interface and the underlying construct. Video games are essentially a trainer for this sort of behavior.
The challenge, IMHO, is the same as it is with television. Parents need to monitor and control the sorts of games their kids are playing, and avoid the temptation to just park the kid in front of the "electric babysitter".
-Charles
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Amen to that Dan!
"Tiger Cubs"
Now I know I'm older than Moses....what are Tiger Cubs?
bdc30
BoM May '11
Great point. Happens all too often.