Today's New York Times National Report features a telling graph (pictured) that details the results of a recent survey conducted by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. The survey was conducted by phone and uses data collected by parents with children ages 6 months to 6 years. Eight focus groups of mothers were also involved.Dr. Stanley Greenspan, a child psychiatrist, says that the survey's results suggest that "[parents] are being misguided by societal messages." Given this assessment, the graph's data is hardly surprising, since societal views about video games tend do be more negative than those about television. Could this trend change over the next few decades as more gaming lifers start to spawn? We think so. But that's not to say we believe plopping our toddlers in front of a television set with (or without) a joystick is a good substitute for proper childcare.
[Graph: courtesy of The New York Times.]
