Dec 8, 2010
Sydney, 8 December 2010 – The Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (iGEA) has today released a series of ‘How to set-up Parental Controls’ videos to help parents manage healthy video gaming habits for their children. The videos, hosted by iGEA ambassador and sports presenter Stephanie Brantz and Auckland journalist Kate Palmer, both of...
Oct 19, 2010
When it comes to kids and gaming – opinion varies widely. In one camp are those who believe computer games and television are the root of all evil, while at the other end of the spectrum are those who use and abuse the ‘technology babysitting’ services (whether it be computer, gaming consoles, televisions or DVDs) on a regular basis. The balanced...
May 15, 2010
Brian Crecente over at kotaku.com.au has written a great article on how to protect, not isolate your children when they want to play games online. There are even some pretty good instructions to ensure parental controls are set and recommendations as to how to monitor your children when they want to move into this arena. To read the article, click...
Apr 8, 2010
In 2007, Professor Tanya Byron was asked by the Prime Minister of the UK to conduct an independent review looking at the risk to children from exposure to potentially harmful or in appropriate material on the internet and in video games. The Byron Report was released in 2008. Professor Byron has since began her progress review and on 29 March 2010 published...
Dec 7, 2009
Parental controls on gaming devices overlooked by parents Despite the importance of age-appropriate material for children and ensuring the balance between playing video games and other forms of recreation, many Australian parents are unaware of the parental controls built into popular console gaming devices. A Newspoll study of over 500 parents* revealed that...
