Parents on the lookout for ways to balance their children’s real world experiences with online experiences have a new videogame from national zoos and the folks who study wolves for a living.  You can take on the persona of a wolf in Yellowstone National Park and learn what it means to survive.  Wolfquest was produced to entice kids back to learning about the world they live in, maybe even to be interested in wolf conservation.

The trick is to get the balance: real world and online world. Kids will always be attracted to adventure. Online adventure is easy and fun.  Real world adventure takes more imagination, sometimes. But it will also wire into kids’ brains experiences that will enable them to make sense of the world beyond their videogame set.

So it’s summertime, make sure your kids get the outdoor time they need to build their bodies and their brains.  Some parents even pack the video game system away for the summer. If you don’t do that then try the free download of Wolfquest -  maybe it will spark a further interest in one of the our country’s most interesting predators.

How do you balance your child’s real world and online world?

-Dr. Dave