Roblox is one of the most popular games among children, often already at primary school. And in many families the same sentence can be heard every evening: “Just a little bit longer, I’m almost done!” Sound familiar? In this article you can read what Roblox actually is, why stopping is so hard and how to …
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Seven years ago, Mytimingcards was featured on Dutch TV news RTL Nieuws. The item was about Lisette’s son, who played Fortnite for almost four hours a day, and about the trick she came up with: making agreements together with time cards and a timer. The video got hundreds of comments. And to be fair, they …
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In the Netherlands there is always a chance of rain. You don’t want your kids sitting on the iPad or in front of the television all day on a rainy day like that. The back of our Mytimingcards has lots of fun play tips; we have listed the best ones plus a few extra tips:
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On Wednesday it is Buitenspeeldag again, the Dutch national ‘play outside day’, which aims to encourage children to play outside more. The number of children who play outside has been falling for years; 15 percent of Dutch children never do it at all anymore. Why is it so important that they do? And what are …
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The following tips from the Dutch Trimbos Institute will help you learn how to deal with children who game.
From 1 July, anyone in the Netherlands caught texting while cycling will be fined 95 euros. That is what sources in The Hague report.
Children who spend more time behind a screen perform worse on various tests. That is the conclusion of researchers from the University of Calgary, among others.
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Four in ten parents of children who play Fortnite are worried about how addictive the hugely popular game is. That is the result of a survey by Dutch TV news RTL Nieuws. “The addictive game causes a lot of conflict in families.”
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Today the Dutch games industry is launching the website ‘Rule the game’ for parents who are going (slightly) crazy from all the banging and shooting in the living room. Isn’t that a bit hypocritical? Nine questions for Anne de Jong, director of the Dutch industry association NVPI Interactief.
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Does your child play Fortnite and you don’t really know what is so fun about it? We explain what Fortnite is, so you can play a round yourself too!
The Christmas holidays are over, it is a new year and the children are going back to school. Our tips:
The Christmas holidays are coming up again, and to stop your children from sitting behind a TV, tablet or phone screen all day long, here are some tips and rules:
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For parents of (young) children it is a familiar phenomenon: the kids who want to play a game on your (or their own) smartphone ‘just for a bit’. Nice, right?
This exclusive, English-language edition of Monopoly was created in close collaboration with Epic Games and is inspired by the popular Fortnite video game, according to manufacturer Hasbro.
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The first results of a new study into children’s screen time suggest that playing a lot of video games and frequently using tablets and smartphones makes their brains look different from those of peers who spend less time on screens.
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In this bleak weather, it is very tempting to stay indoors with the children building a Lego tower and, go on then, watching a film too.
Addiction care organisations in the Netherlands are increasingly focusing on preventing gaming addiction in children. Children are given information from a young age, and parents are also informed during special evenings.
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A new digital divide is looming in the US. Children from poorer families often spend the whole day behind a screen, while wealthy parents are trying to get their children off their smartphones.
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A stressful time of year has arrived again: what do we give our children for Sinterklaas and Christmas?
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