Community Corner
Video Games: Creating a Family Plan
Wednesday, Feb.
5 Video Games: Creating a Family Plan, 10:30 – noon. Are you looking for some
guidance on establishing healthy limits in gaming? Join us as Dr. Eric Schleifer talks to
parents about the effects of video games on children and how to create a plan
for managing video game usage. Dr.
Schleifer received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Gordon F. Derner
Center for Psychoanalytic Studies at Adelphi University, where he wrote his
dissertation on the long and short-term effects of video games on children. He
has worked as a clinician at the Child Guidance Center in Stamford and as an
Adjunct Professor for Psychology at Brooklyn College teaching Developmental
Psychology to graduate students. Dr. Schleifer currently has a private practice
in Stamford serving children, adolescents, and their families. No charge.
Registration strongly encouraged. Snow date: Wednesday, Feb. 26. Co-sponsored by Wilton Youth Council's Parent
Connection, Wilton Library and United Way of Coastal Fairfield County. Wilton
Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton; www.wiltonlibrary.org; (203)
762-3950.