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Many Internet service providers offer filtering services. But because of the need to appeal to the largest audience, they may go much further in their proscriptions than some parents would want. Amy Bruckman, a computer-science professor at Georgia Tech, points out that "a lot of these filtering companies are not making clear what their values are, their method for deciding what is acceptable and what is not." That's why it's so important to buy a filter that can be tuned to your family's values...
...always suspected that at some level, playing video and computer games can make you smarter. A lot of these games, after all, are as complex as they are treacherous. You have to learn how to solve problems fast, testing hypotheses and decoding puzzles. Patricia Greenfield, a psychology professor at UCLA, has studied the relationship between video games and intelligence and finds a positive correlation. Her research attributes an increase in worldwide "nonverbal IQ" (spatial skills, the use of icons for problem solving and the ability to understand things from multiple viewpoints) to the spread of video games...
Almost every parent I know is asking these questions--and reaching very different conclusions. It seems to me that the two poles of the debate are held down by Doug Lowenstein, president of the Interactive Digital Software Association, and David Grossman, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and former professor of psychology at West Point...
Another reason to go slow: your intestines need a week or two to adjust to the extra fiber. Drink plenty of water to keep your bowels from getting blocked. "You don't have to eat all bran all the time," says Susan Roberts, professor of nutrition at Tufts University in Boston. "But you should try to get some fiber at every meal...
...canceled classes altogether. There is no telling exactly how many of these threats were serious. But it's clear that Littleton, at the very least, has given troubled and misguided kids a new way to garner attention. "Most kids aren't interested in this stuff," says Elissa Benedek, a professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of Michigan. "But there are lots of unhappy ones who want their moment in the sun, and this...