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How to know if your child is addicted to video games and what to do about it

  • Written by Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Technology and Learning, Western Sydney University
When gaming interferes with a person’s daily life, it might become a disorder.Alex Haney

If your child spends long hours playing video games, you might be worried they’re addicted.

“Gaming disorder” is real, and has now been classified as a disease in the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of...

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