Kids online: How much is too much?

 by michael martinez • mmartinez@rgj.com • November 16, 2009

Child confesses he can go on a Web binge.

“I am addicted to video games; I could play for hours until my mom kicks me off the computer. At least I have my own computer in my own room. My parents are afraid that I’ll blow up their computer,” the 12-year-old Reno boy said.

His mom, Nicole, said that she would prefer no video games in the house — Web-based or game consoles.

“But I limit him to one or two hours a day,” she said.

Previously posted on RGJ.com