A Child and a Computer

In just ten years, computer games have become an integral part of children’s leisure time. Many families can’t imagine life without them. But specialists increasingly warn about the danger of computer addiction. What don’t parents suspect when they let their children play computer games? Why do children gravitate toward them so much? What can you replace them with? About this and much more discuss well-known psychologists, educators, doctors, and publicists in this book.

However, the book is not only about children. It is also about us—you and me. After all, it’s no secret that many adults also wouldn’t mind “resting” with a bright computer game. Some are fond of slot machines. There are people who can’t imagine life without internet chats. And someone may be—without noticing it—too dependent on the internet and checks their email almost every five minutes.

All these topics are raised in the book, and these problems are examined by professional psychologists at a serious level. You will learn which neurophysiological features of the human psyche are mercilessly exploited by the creators of gaming machines in order to turn ANY ordinary person into a slave of a primitive yet clever soulless machine in the shortest time. You’ll also see the shocking results of psychological research confirming the complete reality of serious harmful consequences of getting carried away with computer games. You’ll understand what irresistibly draws us—and our children—again and again to launch the game on the computer. Perhaps it will make women sadly smile at the chapter “The Program ‘HUSBAND’ is unavailable.”

Even if you just selectively listen to a few excerpts from this book, you’ll realize there is something to think about.