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GENERAL INTEREST | 83<br />
Wel<strong>com</strong>e to Our World<br />
Connecting Parents with Gamers<br />
Angeline Khoo and Matthew J. Hall<br />
ISBN 9780071270618 • MHID 0071270612 • 2010 • Softcover • 168pp<br />
Wel<strong>com</strong>e to Our World opens a window into the world of gamers through<br />
their authentic accounts of engaging in World of Warcraft, a hugely popular<br />
3-D multiplayer online game. At the same time, this book reveals the<br />
mysteries of videogaming to parents who wonder why their children are so<br />
wrapped up in the activity. Readers will get a balanced view of videogaming<br />
– understand its good and bad effects, its benefits and risks – and learn<br />
that video games can help develop thinking and problem-solving skills<br />
and social skills like leadership and teamwork. In providing insights into<br />
the gaming environment, this book hopes to provide a useful platform for<br />
family bonding, and help parents and their children, and gamers and nongamers,<br />
connect.<br />
Features<br />
Authentic accounts of playing with World of Warcraft by gamers<br />
themselves<br />
Entertaining cartoons<br />
What Do I Say to My Net-Savvy Kids?<br />
Internet Safety Issues for Parents<br />
Angeline Khoo, Albert Liau and Esther Tan<br />
ISBN 9780071257237 • MHID 0071257233 • 2006 • Softcover • 152pp<br />
Parents today have a lot to be concerned about. To add to this list is the<br />
worry of what their children are doing on the Internet. This book highlights<br />
some of the problems, risks and dangers on the Internet. It is not written<br />
with the aim of worrying parents, but to help them <strong>com</strong>municate better<br />
with their children on Internet safety issues.<br />
It is possible that our Net-savvy children may have more knowledge, but<br />
they may lack wisdom regarding the use of what they have learned. They<br />
may have more experience, but lack the maturity and discernment to make<br />
good decisions. So, parents continue to play an important role in their<br />
children’s upbringing. But this is not an easy role. What parents learned<br />
from their parents about parenting no longer applies in this digital era.<br />
The authors hope that as parents be<strong>com</strong>e better acquainted with such issues<br />
as protection of privacy, Internet pornography, chat rooms, cybersex and<br />
sexual predators, and digital gaming and addiction, they can better converse<br />
and discuss these issues with their children. This way, they can not only<br />
offer guidance, but learn from their children.
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