Growing Pains podcast: How gaming prompts brain responses that promote reward

Richard Hogan talks about the signs of excessive gaming, setting boundaries, and not depending on games and devices to keep children occupied
Growing Pains podcast: How gaming prompts brain responses that promote reward

Growing Pains: Richard Hogan on the impact that gaming and gaming culture have on children.

Family psychotherapist and author Richard Hogan joins ieParenting editor Irene Feighan to chat about the impact that gaming and gaming culture have on children.

Gaming can be more than a fun pastime for some. The World Health Organization has classified severe gaming as a new mental health condition.

Here, Hogan talks about the signs of excessive gaming, setting boundaries, and not depending on games and devices to keep children occupied.

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