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Article: Schools: From Pokemon to Plato New research shows that far from harming children, computer games aid logical thinking, says MARY BRAID
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 2, 2002
- Author:
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That's him going past me to go upstairs," says Janis Fraser,
wryly. Her youngest son, Mazek, nine, is on his way up to his
bedroom. And his mother has no doubt why. He is off to play a
computer game.
It is now a decade since Janis, 51, and her partner Sam gave in to
demands from Mazek's older brother - Suki, now 20 - for his first
computer game. Since then, computer games have grown into a multi
billion-pound industry in Britain and, despite many rearguard
parental manoeuvres, the games - still the shared recreational
obsession of Suki, Mazek and middle brother, Azu, 15 - have come to
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