Minister: Wii the best boost for children’s intelligence. Really?
OK, not really. But that’s what the headline says. In the lead sentence in the article, it’s clarified a bit: “CHILDREN who play computer games will do better at school than those who just sit and watch television.“.
In other news, caterpillars are more nutritious and kids prefer eating them over eating rabbit poo.
This minister claims that he has “witnessed progress” in his three-year old and he attributes it to using the computer. I wonder how this kid compares to the three-year-olds who are reading books with their parents and spending a lot more time outdoors exploring the real world.
Speaking of reading books, this MP should read FAILURE TO CONNECT: How Computers Affect Our Children’s Minds — and What We Can Do About It
One commenter replies: “How about the children who play board games, who read and who go outside and play? Oh of course we don’t have any children like that anymore in Britain.” They sure to seem like a species nearing extinction sometimes, don’t they.
