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Why Parents Are Still Afraid of Video Games After 50 Years and How a Gaming Nonprofit’s New Workshops Are Trying to Help
It’s been nearly six decades since the first mainstream video games came out and parents in 2026 are just as worried about the potential impact gaming is having on their children today as their counterparts were in the 70s, according to new research from the nonprofit Games for Change. In her paper “Raising Good Gamers: […]
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It’s been nearly six decades since the first mainstream video games came out and parents in 2026 are just as worried about the potential impact gaming is having on their children today as their counterparts were in the 70s, according to new research from the nonprofit Games for Change. In her paper “Raising Good Gamers: […]
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According to Variety’s linked report, Why Parents Are Still Afraid of Video Games After 50 Years and How a Gaming Nonprofit’s New Workshops Are Trying to Help, It’s been nearly six decades since the first mainstream video games came out and parents in 2026 are just as worried about the potential impact gaming is having on their children today as their counterparts were in the 70s, according to new research from the nonprofit Games for Change. In her paper “Raising Good Gamers: […]
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