In today's episode, Melanie talks with Olivia Bruner, one of the authors of our featured book of the month, Playstation Nation: Protect Your Child From Video Game Addiction. Olivia shares her family's journey with video game use and addiction, which ultimately led to the creation of their book Playstation Nation, to help other families identify and address video game addiction. Melanie and Olivia discuss the 8 Warning Signs or Questions to help determine if your child has a problem with game addiction. They explore the addictive nature of video games and how gaming affects the brain. Olivia identifies the reward pathways of addiction in where basic feedback leads to adaptation of your brain's dopamine reward pathways. She also identifies the 7 driving forces behind the compelling nature of video games and how science is now providing proof to a parent's intuition. This episode is fast-paced, anecdotal, and stresses how our children's addiction to video games is not their fault. It's truly one you don't want to miss!

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Production Team:

Host: Melanie Hempe
Producer & Audio Editor: Olivia Kernekin

Playstation Nation with Olivia Bruner, Part 1 (#29)