It is increasingly likely that you as a parent are reading this article because you feel that your child is online too much and he or she is playing too many games. It is true to say that children do spend an excessive amount of time online every single day but it is not normal for kids to play for 5 to 8 hours a day and if this is happening with your children then you should take action. The thing that you need to understand however is that there are so many positive benefits for gaming that many parents all across Australia are not currently aware of.

One major concern is that retro games in Australia might be affecting children’s education in that they are not spending enough time doing their homework and too much time playing games. There have been many studies carried out on your concerns and it has been found that as long as your children are not spending excessive amounts of time online every single day, then they can enjoy multiple benefits including better concentration, more creativity, better memory retention and the ability to be able to work in a team as well. If this is a surprise to you and you would like to learn more about the positive benefits that gaming provides then please continue to read.

• Useful in the classroom – Many more educators all across Australia are now using some aspect of gaming within their teaching and learning. Children become incredibly bored listening to the teacher all day everyday and so teachers are now live in up lessons by allowing kids to play games while also learning in the process. The children get to learn things without even realising and so this is a win-win situation for everyone.
• Students are more motivated – So many different life lessons can be taught that can revolve around a game and the back story behind it. Australian children are more likely to pick things up when it is associated with something that they are genuinely interested in and so they retain more information and they do better in examinations as well.
• They encourage teamwork – A lot of parents complain that their child is holed up in the bedroom playing games by themselves and so they are not interacting with their peers. You should understand that there are many team-based games that your child can take part in which allows them to improve upon that there are rather than solving skills while also working towards the same goal as an important team member.

If you want your child to be more creative in this life then you should be letting them play videogames sometimes as they will be learning how to create strategies and they will be doing an incredible amount of reading and the maybe even have opportunities to learn a new language. We all want our children to be better critical thinkers and so taking part in these games can teach them to be more ethical and more philosophical.