My son graduated from a school that is similar to Sudbury and I remember like it was yesterday what the Director of the school told me that at the time I thought was bizzare, crazy and off the wall. He said if you let a child play videos games per say as much as they want, they will eventually burn out and get bored and want to do something and learn something else. Until that happens, you can talk until you are blue in the face as a parent on how too much video gaming is bad but they need to come to grips with it on their own. Yes, most parents would think this logic to be absolutely crazy but it's true. I have another son who has played video games continuosly for years and he did burn out just like the Director said described and was bored. Of course a real job could stem from this like a video game creator which my son thought about but changed his mind about pursuing. He has moved onto a passion for creating techno music and would love to be the next "Deadmu5". He is now extremely focused on creating his techno music on a sophisticated software used by the pros and has moved onto other things. He now spends hours and hours creating his own music that he posts on youtube and has over 3,000 likes/followers. Not bad for a 13 year old. This logic absolutely works whether you agree with it or not. BTW... this guys on this video that was interviewed did an amazing job eplaining this topic. He gets it too!
My son went to a Sudbury school, where he played video games a lot.. He renewed his interest in playing guitar because of Guitar Hero, and has gotten quite good (if I may say so myself :-) He takes lessons and I never have to make him practice -- he does it all the time, of his own free will
I think this is one aspect upon which I cannot agree on. Obviously a child is not going to act violently and say "I am violent because of the video game" but nevertheless research has proven that video games do make children more violent. Not to mention that they get absolutely no exercise, and some children never really grow out of their video game mindset. I know that video games can be great learning tools, but that is true only if you study how the games actually work and their algorithms.
My son graduated from a school that is similar to Sudbury and I remember like it was yesterday what the Director of the school told me that at the time I thought was bizzare, crazy and off the wall. He said if you let a child play videos games per say as much as they want, they will eventually burn out and get bored and want to do something and learn something else. Until that happens, you can talk until you are blue in the face as a parent on how too much video gaming is bad but they need to come to grips with it on their own. Yes, most parents would think this logic to be absolutely crazy but it's true. I have another son who has played video games continuosly for years and he did burn out just like the Director said described and was bored. Of course a real job could stem from this like a video game creator which my son thought about but changed his mind about pursuing. He has moved onto a passion for creating techno music and would love to be the next "Deadmu5". He is now extremely focused on creating his techno music on a sophisticated software used by the pros and has moved onto other things. He now spends hours and hours creating his own music that he posts on youtube and has over 3,000 likes/followers. Not bad for a 13 year old. This logic absolutely works whether you agree with it or not. BTW... this guys on this video that was interviewed did an amazing job eplaining this topic. He gets it too!
My son went to a Sudbury school, where he played video games a lot.. He renewed his interest in playing guitar because of Guitar Hero, and has gotten quite good (if I may say so myself :-) He takes lessons and I never have to make him practice -- he does it all the time, of his own free will
I think this is one aspect upon which I cannot agree on. Obviously a child is not going to act violently and say "I am violent because of the video game" but nevertheless research has proven that video games do make children more violent. Not to mention that they get absolutely no exercise, and some children never really grow out of their video game mindset. I know that video games can be great learning tools, but that is true only if you study how the games actually work and their algorithms.