This from Science Daily: Parents have been saying for years that their kids are “addicted” to video games, but a new study by an Iowa State University psychology professor is the first to actually report that pathological patterns of video game addiction exist in a national sample of youth, aged 8 to 18. Although not [...]
Daniel de Vise at The Washington Post reports that Montgomery County (Maryland) Schools may increase the distances that students have to walk to school. The potential change is a result of record high diesel fuel prices: The Montgomery County school board last night approved a change to its transportation policy that gives officials emergency powers [...]
In this age of computers, video games, and too much television, it’s nice to spend an evening enjoying a classic board game. Last weekend, my wife and I had a good time playing Scrabble. She won. The Low-Tech Times highly recommends Scrabble. In addition to a new, rotating Deluxe Turntable Scrabble game, Amazon.com offers Classic [...]
Model railroading is a wonderful American tradition that I fear is losing ground in today’s world of computers and video games. One key value of model railroading is that it is very educational, teaching design, construction, electronics, history, art, and transportation operations. Additionally, building and operating a model railroad is a lot of fun. I [...]
There’s no denying it; an alarming number of kids and teenagers these days are addicted to video games and there are a number of real concerns about today’s video games. If you want to purchase video games for your child, I recommend choosing a classic system for the following reasons: 1.) VIOLENCE—Today’s games (e.g. Grand [...]
