Gwyneth Paltrow's kids are addicted to video games
(CBS) - Actress Gwyneth Paltrow says she regrets letting seven-year-old Apple and five-year-old Moses - her kids with husband and Coldplay front man Chris Martin - play with the Nintendo Wii. She can't get them to stop!
The Goop mom tweeted this morning, "How the f do i get these kids off the wii? i swore i would never have one in the house, now they freebase Mario. (sic)."
Follower @megalyce tweeted back, "Send them to Wii-hab?"
Is "Wii-hab" necessary? Does Paltrow have reason to worry at all?
If the video games Apple and Moses are playing are the vicious kind, she sure does. A recent study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology suggests that young adults who play violent video games become desensitized to guts and gore, and are more prone to aggressive behavior.
On the other hand, some games can actually boost brain power, Susanne M. Jaeggi, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, told HealthDay. Jaeggi believes a memory-straining video game can help children solve problems more easily, so she's put it to the test in a study. She believes it's possible that brain training through certain video games can help young people later in life.
When it comes to Super Mario, however, we're not sure of the effects. The game is neither violent or brainy, but perhaps it can boost Apple and Moses' team-building skills as they make their way through levels as partners.
Paltrow's mom, actress Blythe Danner, says her grandkids are great. The doting grandma told Us Weekly, "They're so perfect - truly, they are. Quite remarkable! I've just never met children like this, that are so secure and have such great self-control and self-image. They're just great kids."
