Episode 36: Video games and teenagers

Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Teens Into Adulthood

Kenneth Wilgus, PhD, P.C.

Christian Parenting, Christianity, Teens, Education, Teenagers, Kids, Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality, Adolescents, How To, Parenting Teens, Parents

4.9 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Video games can be a constant headache for parents. These days it's easier than ever for our teenagers to play video games ALL DAY LONG! In this episode we provide important guidelines for parents to help manage this huge drain on so many adolescents' lives. How much gaming should parents allow? When is a teenager addicted to video games? What about games with violent or sexual content? Got questions or feedback? We want to hear from you! [email protected] Join us on Patreon for bonus content and more: https://www.patreon.com/FeedingTheMouthThatBitesYou

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0:00.0	You are listening to Feeding the Mouth That Bites You with Ashley Parrish and Jessica Pfeiffer.
0:05.6	A weekly podcast guide on parenting teens and launching them into the world.
0:10.0	As always, we are joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:14.2	Hey, everyone, and welcome back on today's episode.
0:17.3	We will be discussing teens and video games.
0:20.7	Jessica, we talked a bit before this and I think
0:23.5	that we're aging ourselves, but it is so much fun to remember back to all the games we used to
0:29.1	play. I can remember my first game. We played it at school and it was called Oregon Trail.
0:34.8	And I know several listeners are going to be like, yes. I don't even know what that is.
0:41.1	Well, it was very intense. You had, you were all like pioneers. You had oxen and you had to try not to
0:49.2	die of smallpox, basically. Who could resist that?
0:54.4	That's just fun.
0:56.2	But that was the very first game I remember, and we played it at school, and it was so much fun.
1:01.2	That is hilarious.
1:02.4	I was a little more mainstream.
1:04.1	I'd say I didn't play many video games.
1:06.6	My parents didn't let us have a game set at all, Nintendo or whatever.
1:12.0	So we just played them at the arcades.
1:15.0	And I loved Pac-Man.
1:16.7	I loved it.
1:17.8	And I felt like I was pretty good.
1:20.5	I probably wasted a lot of quarters on that.
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