The Parent’s Guide to Video Games: Online Video Game Safety

Video games can be a great source of entertainment and learning for the
whole family. But, with the ever-changing world of online gaming, how
can a parent keep up? How do you translate game ratings? How do
parental controls work? What tools can you use as a parent to ensure
safe online gaming for your child? Join listen to our recorded webcast featuring
PTA National President Jan Harp Domene, ESRB President Patricia Vance,
and Andrew S. Bub from GamerDad.com as
they discuss online video game safety.

*TOPICS WILL INCLUDE:*

* An inside look at the ESRB rating system
* An expert-guided tour on setting up parental controls
* Expert advice on managing online game time with your children
* Tips for online video game safety
* An interactive Q & A session

PTA has partnered with the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) to
produce “A Parent’s Guide to Video Games: Parental Controls and Online
Safety”, a guide full of the information that parents need to know
about video games. Copies of the English- and Spanish-language versions
of the guide can be downloaded from www.pta.org/mediasafety.

This program is presented by ESRB and PTA.

More information is available at the National PTA website.

About HTGYG

How To Grow Your Geek, or HTGYG for short, is a podcast created to share a love of geeking and parenting, and to provide advice on how to combine the two. There will be reviews of movies, board games, books, television shows and video games on their fun value as well as their family appropriateness, and discussions of geeky topics and parent issues. Audience participation, both parents and children, is encouraged, and email and voicemail questions will be answered if at all possible.

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