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Letter: On the pros and cons of video games for kids (2)

Published 12 April 2023

From David Hulme, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK

I am forced to side with Fisher in her view that we should take a more positive approach to video games among children, especially when my grandson told me recently that he earned points in a history lesson with his knowledge of Vikings and ancient Greece gained by playing such games.

Issue no. 3434 published 15 April 2023

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