How to Raise a Healthy Gamer with Dr. Alok Kanojia

Is my child addicted to video games? How do I know? What is a healthy amount of video game playing? Today Dawn visits with Dr. Alok Kanojia, also known as Dr. K, to discuss practical steps for preventing video game addiction. Dr. K, a former gaming addict and Harvard-trained psychiatrist, shares insights from his book "How to Raise a Healthy Gamer" on how to identify and manage gaming addiction in children. How to Raise a Healthy Gamer Book: IN THIS EPISODE 00:00 Welcome Dr. Alok Kanojia 01:13 Can we REALLY raise a "healthy" gamer? 03:58 What about gaming addiction? 04:59 How have video games changed over time? 10:00 Sense of virtual identity 13:46 Are there actually benefits to playing video games? 15:47 Practical steps to getting video games under control 16:50 Get on the same team 22:09 25% rule 24:52 Can kids learn to manage video games on their own? 26:20 Ideal age to start playing 31:06 What if my spouse is the addicted gamer? 33:15 Do first person shooter games desensitize kids to real life? 36:04 Is there hope if I feel like I've ruined my child? MORE ABOUT DR. K: Follow Dr.K's podcast HealthyGamerGG Healthy Gamer Website - Instagram: @healthygamergg - X: @dralokkanojia - YouTube: @HealthyGamerGG - TikTok: @healthygamer.gg ABOUT THE MINIMAL MOM: Hi, I'm Dawn, if we haven't met before, I'm married to Tom and we have four kids ages 8-13. We live outside of the Twin Cities in MN and have called ourselves minimalists for 8 years now. We got rid of 85% of our stuff and don't miss ANY OF IT! If you'd like to see more instructional videos about minimalism and decluttering, be sure to check out my YouTube channel!

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How to Raise a Healthy Gamer with Dr. Alok Kanojia is an episode from The Minimal Mom by Dawn Madsen.

This episode is 40:26 long.

This episode was published on Jun 11, 2024.

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