Monday, January 7, 2013
Interview by Lon Woodbury
Hilarie Cash Ph.D., CoFounder of reSTART, an Internet Addiction Recovery Program in Washington State, and Steven Cessario, founder of Connecticut Youth Mentoring and Coaching compared perspectives with Lon Woodbury on the Struggling Teens L.A. Talk Radio Show about the positive and negative impact of computer gaming, especially violent computer gaming, on children and adolescents.
Background
Hilarie Cash Ph.D., LMHC, is a partner and Co-CEO and Education Director at reSTART Internet Addiction Recovery. She is also an author, speaker, and teacher. She has appeared on top media shows like ABC News, CNN, NPR, PBS, and the BBC. She has also been interviewed for the Seattle Times, U.S.A. Today, U.S. News and World Report, and the New York Times.
Steven Cessario founded CT Youth Mentoring & Coaching because he is committed to helping others establish life skills and attaining success. He has learned and researched the process of mentorship and coaching and is today considered an expert mentor and coach.
Exactly what Impact Does Computer Gaming Have On Young People?
During the interview, Lon asked his guests to throw light on the subject of computer gaming, in particular, how it affected young people. He was particularly concerned about the effect violent and sexually explicit scenarios in games affected our youth. He outlined the mixed views held about computer gaming.
Steven Cessario, whose role was to cast a positive interpretation on computer gaming, pointed out that a study by the Pew Research Center concluded that video games, far from being socially isolating, serve to connect young people with their peers and to society at large. He also observed that other research has documented, qualitatively, the many ways that video games promote social interactions and friendships. Adolescents make friends with other gamers, both in person and online. They talk about their games with one another, teach one another strategies, and often play together.
Hilarie Cash, whose role was to point out the darker side of computer gaming, pointed out that excessive video games were often shown to be socially isolating, thus reducing opportunities for outdoor activities, which in turn could lead to obesity and poor physical health. In addition, there was some research to suggest that in less emotionally balanced kids, it did promote a tendency for violence if the games have violent content. Those who were not tempted to enact out violent urges did show a narcissistic tendency to be antisocial. They appeared to have become insensitive, lacking empathy and compassion for the suffering of other people.
Final Thoughts
As might be anticipated, there was no final resolution in this friendly argument as both guests marshaled sensible arguments and mentioned research to support their perspective. However, toward the end, both guests concurred that small amounts of gaming was the best policy due to the fact that many of the undesirable addictive qualities occurred when time spent on computer system games became excessive.
Interview by Lon Woodbury
Hilarie Cash Ph.D., CoFounder of reSTART, an Internet Addiction Recovery Program in Washington State, and Steven Cessario, founder of Connecticut Youth Mentoring and Coaching compared perspectives with Lon Woodbury on the Struggling Teens L.A. Talk Radio Show about the positive and negative impact of computer gaming, especially violent computer gaming, on children and adolescents.
Background
Hilarie Cash Ph.D., LMHC, is a partner and Co-CEO and Education Director at reSTART Internet Addiction Recovery. She is also an author, speaker, and teacher. She has appeared on top media shows like ABC News, CNN, NPR, PBS, and the BBC. She has also been interviewed for the Seattle Times, U.S.A. Today, U.S. News and World Report, and the New York Times.
Steven Cessario founded CT Youth Mentoring & Coaching because he is committed to helping others establish life skills and attaining success. He has learned and researched the process of mentorship and coaching and is today considered an expert mentor and coach.
Exactly what Impact Does Computer Gaming Have On Young People?
During the interview, Lon asked his guests to throw light on the subject of computer gaming, in particular, how it affected young people. He was particularly concerned about the effect violent and sexually explicit scenarios in games affected our youth. He outlined the mixed views held about computer gaming.
Steven Cessario, whose role was to cast a positive interpretation on computer gaming, pointed out that a study by the Pew Research Center concluded that video games, far from being socially isolating, serve to connect young people with their peers and to society at large. He also observed that other research has documented, qualitatively, the many ways that video games promote social interactions and friendships. Adolescents make friends with other gamers, both in person and online. They talk about their games with one another, teach one another strategies, and often play together.
Hilarie Cash, whose role was to point out the darker side of computer gaming, pointed out that excessive video games were often shown to be socially isolating, thus reducing opportunities for outdoor activities, which in turn could lead to obesity and poor physical health. In addition, there was some research to suggest that in less emotionally balanced kids, it did promote a tendency for violence if the games have violent content. Those who were not tempted to enact out violent urges did show a narcissistic tendency to be antisocial. They appeared to have become insensitive, lacking empathy and compassion for the suffering of other people.
Final Thoughts
As might be anticipated, there was no final resolution in this friendly argument as both guests marshaled sensible arguments and mentioned research to support their perspective. However, toward the end, both guests concurred that small amounts of gaming was the best policy due to the fact that many of the undesirable addictive qualities occurred when time spent on computer system games became excessive.
About the Author:
Find out more about Struggling Teens. Lon Woodbury has the recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at any time.
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