Straight Talk For Teens By Teens

DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: Since seventh grade, our 17-year-old son has been entrenched in the video game, World of Warcraft. On school days, he plays 4 hours a day, on non-school days, 8 to12 hours. I’m hesitant to forcibly take the game away because he’s so close to legal adulthood and I believe…

Dear Readers: Two weeks ago I printed letters in defense of video gaming. Today the other side has the floor.

Dear Straight Talk: I’m 17 and I suspect that the people who wrote in favor of video games have been gaming from such a young age that they can’t really compare how they would be…

Dear Readers: Last week’s column on video games stimulated a rash of mail—many in defense of video games. Stay tuned for the other side of the story.

Dear Straight Talk: While I believe many teens are playing video games and watching TV excessively, I don’t feel it is the cause of teen…

Dear Straight Talk: Our son, “Greg”, is 16 and things started out innocently enough with an X-box for his birthday two years ago. At first he played an hour or two a day three or four days a week. Unfortunately it has grown into a daily obsession. Though we limit Greg to two hours a day, I…

Dear Straight Talk: I am writing because my son, “Jason”, is addicted to video games. His latest fixation is Halo 2. Nothing his mother and I say can pull him away from it. He plays it constantly from the time he gets home from school until late at night. He does his chores begrudgingly,…