<div>Vicki and Geraldine talk to Andy Robertson, author of Taming Gaming.<br/><br/>Talking points:<br/><br/>- Should parents stop worrying about the time children spend gaming?<br/>- Can parents learn to love video games?<br/>- Should games provide endless opportunities for spending?<br/>- Does publishing the odds of loot boxes in video games make them any less like gambling?</div>

16: How can we balance children’s right to be online with their right to be safe?

Welcome to ‘Tech Shock’ – the new podcast from Parent Zone! Vicki Shotbolt and Geraldine Bedell are your hosts, looking at how digital technology is affecting family life.  They’ll help explain its mysteries to parents, teachers, professionals and policymakers; looking at whether streaming platforms are encouraging young people to make porn, whether online lives are creating a generation of gamblers and whether there are too many men on the internet.  So subscribe now, rate the podcast, and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Monday morning for a new episode of ‘Tech Shock – from Parent Zone’.