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Surprising Benefits of Video Games for Teens and Parents

Surprising Benefits of Video Games for Teens and Parents

FromInside The Mind of Teens and Tweens


Surprising Benefits of Video Games for Teens and Parents

FromInside The Mind of Teens and Tweens

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Jun 2, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Many parents believe that video games are just a mindless, useless past time. However, our guests suggest that video games have powerful benefit for both teens and parents.

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Dr. Sarah M. Coyne is an associate professor of human development in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University. She received her BSc degree in Psychology from Utah State University, and her PhD in Psychology from the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, England. Her research interests involve media, aggression, gender, and child development and has over 60 publications on these and other topics. Dr. Elisabeth Gee is the Delbert & Jewell Lewis Chair in Reading & Literacy at Arizona State University and Associate Director of the Center for Games & Impact.
Released:
Jun 2, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

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A program for teachers, parents, guardians, counselors and anyone who is regularly baffled by the process of trying to raise, teach, reach, coach or manage teens and tweens. The teen mind is different from the adult mind and Dr. Regina Lamourelle and her guests bring you the latest insights in neuroscience to help you make sense of adolescents.