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Video Games' Addictive Nature Unclear: AMA
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Wasserman believes this simple rule can minimize media's potentially harmful effects. Media, in itself, isn't always bad, he said, but "everything needs to be done in moderation."
"That's what we taught our kids -- if they didn't do it in moderation in our home, we moderated it for them," he said. "It didn't hurt them."
And the AMA's Davis believes a fresh look at the video game ratings system might also help.
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"Parents need to more closely monitor and restrict the types of video games their children are playing and buying, and a clear rating system would help them do that," he said.
More information
There are tips on healthy video game use for kids at the Nemours Foundation.
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Last updated 6/27/2007
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SOURCES: June 27, 2007, statement, Ronald Davis, M.D., president, American Medical Association; Martin Wasserman, M.D., pediatrician and executive director, MedChi, Maryland State Medical Society, Baltimore; James Scully, M.D., medical director, American Psychiatric Association, Arlington, Va.; American Medical Association, Report of the Council on Science and Public Health
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