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Playstation Nation: Protect Your Child from Video Game Addiction | 
 enlarge | Author: Olivia And Kurt Bruner
Publisher: Center Street
Category: Book
List Price: $12.99
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 1217534
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 4.8 x 0.6
Dewey Decimal Number: 302.231
ASIN: B000X1D4VI
Publication Date: September 27, 2006
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Product Description
Authors Olivia and Kurt Bruner give parents what they need to know to save their kids from addiction to video games--before and after exposure. One out of five kids becomes addicted to computer and video games, which are becoming increasingly more violent and are linked to violent and self-destructive behavior. The video industry continues to raise its revenue projections (expected to reach $33 billion by 2008) with the creation of newer, more advanced, and more addictive games, putting more children at risk. Spurred on by the patterns of addiction they saw developing in their own son, Olivia and Kurt Bruner arm other parents with hard facts about addiction and share personal stories of video game addicts to help parents identify the warning signs in their own children.
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 Well Researched, Well Written, Very Helpfull July 11, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I travel and speak about gaming addiction and right now this is the only book on gaming that I sell. I am going through this book for the second time because it is so good. If you are a parent and have a concern about your child's gaming this book is a great investment.
This books only limitation is that it has an over the shoulder point of view of gaming. The Bruner's lack of first hand experience sometimes shows. But what they lack in game experience they more than makeup for in parental expertise. I own several books on this topic and if you are a parent and you only buy one book on this subject you should buy Playstation Nation.
 Great April 28, 2008
3 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book, and the idea it supports, is garbage. Video games are becoming yet another excuse for bad parenting, following in the footsteps of television.
Parents: stop trying to play the victim and raise your damn kids yourselves.
Must read for parents February 26, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is well written and contains citations for the references used. There are an increasing number of kids and adults who fit the criteria that this book illustrates. It will teach you how to understand and deal with the newest addiction that is destroying families and children all over the world. This is an easy book to read and will give you the references to do your own homework on the issue as well.
Useful and Practical-Help when in doubt... December 19, 2007
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
I purchased this book because of my concern for my 12-year old son and his future. This book affirmed my strength to resist letting him lose: a zest for real life, social skills, and maturing. It's too easy to turn to a virtual world than to face the real world and build coping skills needed for life. Without being overly dramatic or too technical, the Bruner's provided factual and subjective information while citing other authors, sources, and scholars on video game addition.
Mom of Two Boys April 5, 2007
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book was the push I need to stop game playing in our home. The authors spelled out exactly what was happening with my two boys and online game playing. It was like reading dialogue from my boys and I. Since, the boys stopped playing online games our entire household is a much more peaceful place with the boys spending their time playing outside, reading, using their imaginations and I am no longer the bad mom constantly telling the kids to get off the computer. I feel like our children, teens, and young men are having their lives stolen by computer games. It is a free choice but it is truly addictive. Think of the hours wasted playing online games, especially while a child is growing up. I have friends whose husbands spend hours playing games. What a loss. I recommend this book to all.
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