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July 2, 2025 52 mins

In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, is a conversation with Scott Novis, a 25 year veteran in the video game industry. We discuss how to choose quality video games, how to manage ending video game time, the problems with free games and games connected to the internet, how too much screen time disrupts children’s development, and how to apply lessons learned in video games to the real world!

 

We talk about:

  • 9:30 Why you should pay for games and get ones that don’t require an internet connection 

  • 13:27 Make sure your kids only play with people they know

  • 15:00 Know how games end and when they can pause

  • 18:00 Flick lights to get kids attention when gaming

  • 19:00 Being intentional about social interaction and applying this to gaming

  • 20:00 Why Scott doesn’t like tablets

  • 26:24 What makes a quality game?

  • 27:45 The problems with the Hook Algorithm

  • 34:00 Why we shouldn’t call video games a waste of time

  • 36:51 Applying what kids learn in good video games to the real world

  • 40:00 Brain science behind why screens are disruptive to kids’ development 

 

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