More Toddlers Are Playing Video Games: Harmless or Unhealthy?
SodaHead Gaming
2011/10/12 13:00:00
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And we thought we got started young.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, marketing research firm NPD Group found that significantly more toddlers -- kids between the ages of two and five -- are playing video games now than they were two years ago. In fact, their interest has increased exponentially more than older kids and teens.
The study found more than 90 percent of American kids between the ages of two and 17 play video games -- up nine percent from 2009. While the report did not specify just how many were toddlers, it did note that the two-to-five age range increased 17 percent, almost twice as much the wider age group.
The change especially applies to mobile gaming. The same study found mobile gaming has increased thirty percent (from 8 to 38) compared to an 8 percent increase (38 to 45) in portable gaming devices, such as the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS.
The study was based on surveys of 4,136 people between the ages of two and 17. Because 91 percent of respondents said they play video games, NPD claims the statistic is representative of about 64 million U.S. gamers under the age of 18. (Unless, of course, a significant number of one-year-olds are gaming, too. Then it's more.)
What do you think about more toddlers playing video games?
According to The Hollywood Reporter, marketing research firm NPD Group found that significantly more toddlers -- kids between the ages of two and five -- are playing video games now than they were two years ago. In fact, their interest has increased exponentially more than older kids and teens.
The study found more than 90 percent of American kids between the ages of two and 17 play video games -- up nine percent from 2009. While the report did not specify just how many were toddlers, it did note that the two-to-five age range increased 17 percent, almost twice as much the wider age group.
The change especially applies to mobile gaming. The same study found mobile gaming has increased thirty percent (from 8 to 38) compared to an 8 percent increase (38 to 45) in portable gaming devices, such as the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS.
The study was based on surveys of 4,136 people between the ages of two and 17. Because 91 percent of respondents said they play video games, NPD claims the statistic is representative of about 64 million U.S. gamers under the age of 18. (Unless, of course, a significant number of one-year-olds are gaming, too. Then it's more.)
What do you think about more toddlers playing video games?
Top Opinion
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DavidZubatuk 2011/10/12 13:51:03Harmless
+5EVERYTHING in moderation. In today's world, there are all sorts of ways to learn, and skills to master. It's only when we allow children to use video games to replace REAL life, that it becomes a problem. When we park them in front of the TV, or video game, or computer as a surrogate babysitter so we can go on with our own lives, instead of interacting with them or sending them out to play with other kids, that's when these things become hazardous.
Maybe I'm not as creative as the author of this story?:o
now, if your letting them play black ops or something, then i think that might not be such a good idea
they aren't willing to step up, let go of their career they can't leave at the jobsite and go have family fun then you end up with kids like this toyota commercial
The most worrisome part for me is that now I can really say...
ENTIRE TEAM IS BABIES!
Toddlers playing first-person shooters is one thing. Toddlers learning to use a stylus to play bubble-pop, or solve puzzles, or recognize letters... it's kinda educational. Sorry.