Video Game Terminology - OHA PGS - 2020

YGAM (UK nonprofit offering training on Gaming & Gambling) Parent Hub has lots of quick guides for parents. Student Hub has great materials for college students. 

Healthy Gamer - Dr. Alok Kanojia - Lots of resources some behind paywall, paid coaching. His book How to Raise A Healthy Gamer is a great short read full of brain science and a realistic model for parents to help their kids with gaming addiction. 

Reboot & Recover - Non-profit with resources on gambling, gaming and internet addictions

Internet & Video Game Addiction Info - Dr. Clifford Sussman, MD 

Video Gaming Addiction Overview - Blog from Mind Help App website

2023 Essential Facts About the U.S. Video Game Industry - ESA 

Game Quitters - Resources for gamers and parents 

Gaming & Gambling Page - Responsible Gambling Council (Canada)

ADHD Specific - Parent Guide to Healthy Video Game & Internet Use for Children with ADHD - Sussman 2018

I was not prepared for what we came across when treating gaming disorders - Article by Prof Bowden-Jones about running NHS's National Centre for Gaming Disorders (UK) - 2023

Young Brains and Video Games - 90 second video by Brain Connection - 2024

FairPlay - Non-profit with campaigns about screen-free weeks, phone-free schools, children's online privacy

Spark & Stitch Institute - Digital Wellbeing for parents 

Screen Sanity - Tools & Trainings for parents

Handbook of Children and Screens - 2024 - Digital Media, Development & Well-Being from Birth Through Adolescence 

Screenagers Blog - Tech Talk Tuesdays with posts about screen use and teens. Host a screenagers movie viewing 

ParentGuide - Digital Driver's Ed - Screen Sanity

Look Up 2 - Youtube video by Gary Turk - poem about screen addiction and the need to look up from our devices

Loot Box Resources

Loot Box Flyer - Jackson County 2025 - Adapt for own use

Article - How Loot Boxes in Children's Video Games Encourage Gambling - (Forbes, 2023) - Good beginner article on the topic

Handout - Loot boxes: how children are being exposed to gambling-like harm in video games - (Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation - Australia)

Policy Paper - Reducing Loot Box Reward Complexity as part of ethical video game design - (Xiao, Newall, 2022) 

Loot Box Research

Video game look boxes are linked to problem gambling (Zendle & Cairns, 2018)

Adolescents and loot boxes: Links with Problem Gambling and Motivations for Purchase (Zendle, Meyer & Over, 2019)

What Makes Players Pay? An Empirical Investigation of In-Game Lotteries - (Amano & Simonov, Harvard 2024) Gives both empirical and industry point of view. Complex math on Loot Boxes to inform policy recommendations. Recommends spending caps on loot boxes. 

Article - By allowing third-party casinos, Roblox failed to protect minors, judge rules (Courthouse New Service, 2024)