Tools, resources and information to keep gaming safe and healthy
Start with our FREE Parents Guide to Gaming
The Parents Guide to Gaming is full of useful information about how to manage gaming in the home.
It includes:
- My top tips on how to control video games
- How to identify when gaming gets out of hand
- How to identify games that are good for your child
- A balanced view of the positives AND the negatives
If you’re a parent and your kids play video games, this guide is essential and will help you to:
- Avoid compulsive gaming or gaming addiction
- Avoid games with inappropriate content like extreme violence and sexism
- Avoid your child being bullied or harassed within games
The Parents Guide to Gaming was written for Manningham YMCA and is FREE thanks to a grant from Manningham City Council.
DO YOU WANT MORE?
get one of these packs!
THE PARENT’S PACK for parents
Our parent’s Pack includes all you need to be able to effectively deal with gaming and the issue they may bring in your home. If you purchase this pack you get:
+ 14 factsheets/worksheets/tools to help you manage your kids and their video games.
+ 14 information factsheets about video games so you understand the impact they have on your kids
Aside from all this information and practical tools you also get:
+ THE PARENT’S WORKBOOK FOR DEALING WITH GAMING ISSUES AT HOME.
This is our number one resource for when gaming leads to arguments or conflicts in the home. It’s a step by step manual to achieve a better balance between gaming and real life responsibilities. It also focuses on your relationship with your child and will give you many tips on how to improve the connection with your child.
To purchase the Parent’s Pack please click on the link below
PROFESSIONAL’S PACK for professionals
Our professionals pack will not only explain the impact of video games, it also provides guidance to parents and gives you a series of tools and resources to support your clients. If you purchase this pack you get:
+ 14 factsheets/worksheets/tools to handout to families to help them with gaming issues.
+ 14 information factsheets about video games so you and your families understand the impact gaming has.
Aside from all this information and practical tools you also get:
+ THE PARENT’S WORKBOOK FOR DEALING WITH GAMING ISSUES AT HOME.
+ 3 assessment tools, working with parents tools, 9 tools to help change gaming behaviours
+ A license to use all resources and tools in this pack with all your clients and their families
To purchase the professional’s pack please click the link below
Workshops
delivered online and in-person – delivered by the Institute of Games
Student Workshops
Professional Development
Parent Seminars
We study the impact of video games.
For the past decade we’ve been collecting and studying research and worked with families who experience gaming issues.
We create tools and resources for parents and professionals.
Making it easier for parents to manage gaming in the home and for professionals to support young people and their families with gaming issues.
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