children, family, gaming addiction, parenting, raising children, video game

Limiting Your Child’s Video Game Time: Tips for Finding a Healthy Balance

Most children spend several hours a day playing video games either alone or with friends. Although video games are not inherently bad, it’s important to limit your child’s gaming time. Studies have linked excessive video game use to obesity, cognitive ability problems, anxiety, and poor academic performance. While video games don’t directly cause these issues, ...

Nathan Machoka

Young family spending time together in the living room using a tablet.

Addiction: Some of the Causes and Solutions

Addiction is the fact or the condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity. People with this condition use substances or engage in compulsive behaviors and often continue despite harmful consequences.  Dopamine is a molecule that transmits messages across the brain’s reward center. It provides people with pleasure during activities such as eating ...

Katrina Hicks

Bottles of alcohol.