A new study commissioned by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has suggested that computers should be placed in sitting rooms rather than children’s bedroom, so that parents can monitor if the kids are looking at inappropriate material.
The study by Tanya Byron, a television psychologist and parenting expert,  has suggested this recommendation for parents to adequately keep a watch on what their children do on computers.
Byron’s review of the impact of video and online games on young people will be suggesting that as much as possible kid should use computers under the watchful eye of their parents. This implies that family computers will be in close sight of the elders of the house in communal areas of the home, instead of children’s bedrooms. In fact, it has been suggested that there’s a need to bridge the technological “generation gap” and this can be done by making sure that the elders know as much about the internet and video games as their computer-savvy children.