In China, This Video Game Lets You Be a Tiger Mom or a Driven Dad
SHANGHAI — You want your children to do well in school. You want them to have nice friends and interesting hobbies and to not go
Category : Computer and Video Games
Are Your Children Racking Up Charges From Mobile Games? Here’s How to Fight Back
One is Ask to Buy, a set of controls that requires a parent to approve each app purchase on a child’s device. It can be
The Week in Tech: Facebook’s Three Big Problems
I’m also not the first to point out that many of the worst examples of Facebook’s influence around the world — the way it has
How to Find the Video Games of Your Youth
Video games hit their 60th birthday in October, if you start counting (as many do) with Tennis for Two, a rudimentary Pong ancestor cobbled together
Your Kid’s Apps Are Crammed With Ads
Many developers market apps for children as being educational. So Jenny Radesky, a pediatrician who wrote the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for children and
Senators Call for Federal Investigation of Children’s Apps
Two Democratic senators are calling on federal regulators to investigate whether children’s apps improperly collect personal data and whether app stores are misleading parents by
Too Many Chinese Children Need Glasses. Beijing Blames Video Games.
BEIJING — It started this week with a call to action from China’s leader, Xi Jinping. Too many of the country’s children need glasses, he
Are Video Games Olympic Material? Some Boosters Say Yes
Mr. Assarasakorn of the Thai e-sports federation said a common problem is that casual video gamers are confused with “e-athletes,” some of whom have training
