Kids

Kids headlines

• UK children's unauthorized in-app purchases could total over £30m monthly

  Unauthorized in-app purchases by British children charged to parents’ accounts without their knowledge could total a whopping £30.9 million monthly according to a new study.

• Survey: 8-18 year-olds spend about an hour per day on games

  The Kaiser Family Foundation has reported that an average 8-18 year-old American kid will spend 1 hour and 13 minutes a day playing video games compared to 4 hours and 29 minutes watching TV. The results are based on a sample of 2,000 families. The full thing’s on Business Insider.

• Parents: everything you know about video games is wrong

  We know gaming can be a healthy pastime for children, but many parents see it as an unnecessary evil. Scott Steinberg, author of The Modern Parent’s Guide book series, hopes to redress the balance.

• Monday Shorts, overnight edition - Mario regrets, anniversaries, more

  Over the weekend the news dries up and we are left with this kind of stuff. It’s like popcorn – nutritionally empty and served in numerous tiny parcels – except you don’t want any more.

• Study: Inappropriate games may give children the wrong message

  Children who lack positive parenting and good relationships with peers may take anti-social messages away from age-inappropriate games, according to a recent study.

• UK teacher dobs school kids in for illicit late night gaming

  A concerned teacher has found extended late night gaming sessions are having a detrimental effect on his student’s health and education, and contacted over 600 parents to alert them to the problem.

• Common Sense Media lists games to avoid buying for your kids

  Common Sense Media has released its annual list of 10 games parents should avoid purchasing, wrapping, and setting under the tree this year. Titled “10 Cool Games That Are Uncool for Kids”, the list offers “safe alternatives” for each title that is currently popular and not safe for children. Here it is: Assassin’s Creed (Mirror’s […]