What would have happened if video games were at hand for Albert Einstein or Isaac Newton during their childhood? Imagine them engrossed in some mindless electronic games, Einstein far from wondering why the compass kept pointing north, leading to scientific feats like E = mc². Such is the gravity of the situation that video games are alarmingly pulling down the exam grades of students. While it is inevitable that video games are part of children’s lives, parents must make it clear that they are the ones in control from Day One with a “study and play timetable”. I have seen cases where the spoilt brats wouldn’t take “no” for an answer because earlier, they were playing video games anytime that they liked.

Source: New Strait Times March 03, 2017 02:37 UTC