About this book
Essential skills and strategies for managing your gameplay and creating a well-balanced life.
Do you spend hours on end playing video games? Do marathon gaming sessions cause you to lose much-needed sleep? Have your grades suffered as a result of neglecting schoolwork in favor of more game time? Has your physical health declined due to extended periods of inactivity? Have you tried unsuccessfully to limit the time you spend playing? Gaming can be a fun, challenging, and rewarding activity, but when it begins to interfere with other essential aspects of life, it might be time to set some limits.
The Gaming Overload Workbook will help you explore your use of video games in a thoughtful, nonjudgmental way. This isn't a workbook for giving up on gaming. This is a guide to help you set your own limits on screen time, and apply your interest and enthusiasm for gaming to a wider variety of activities, like connecting with friends and family, excelling in school or sports, and just spending more time outdoors.
If you're ready for some healthy balance between gaming, school, family, physical activity, and social relationships, this book will provide the key to winning at the game of life!
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Table of contents
- Contents
- a letter to teens
- a letter to clinicians, educators, and parents
- 1. playing video games
- 2. are you addicted to video games?
- 3. why you play video games
- 4. when play gets in the way
- 5. bingeing on your screen
- 6. what your parents do with video games and screen time
- 7. screens and your sleep
- 8. do you get distracted by games and screens?
- 9. how tech tools help with homework and school
- 10. is it ADHD or distractibility?
- 11. video games are more than just fun
- 12. family and video games
- 13. hanging out with friends
- 14. improving executive functions and problem solving
- 15. promoting creativity with games and apps
- 16. stress and relaxation
- 17. developing and expanding interests
- 18. learning more about the world
- 19. can video games make you more efficient?
- 20. exercise and games
- 21. can competitive video games help your future?
- 22. how much time do you spend with screens?
- 23. a world without technology
- 24. when you can’t stop looking at screens
- 25. strategies for distraction
- 26. balancing your digital play with a healthy play diet
- 27. creativity in a play diet
- 28. nature and unstructured playtime
- 29. can game play inspire physical play?
- 30. games as social play
- references
- about the Author
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