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| The Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) will start its annual family camp program this year on May 28. Gettyimagesbank |
By Lee Gyu-lee
The Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) is set to begin its annual family camp program to promote and educate on appropriate gaming habits.
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| A poster for the program / Courtesy of KOCCA |
The PyeongChang program will offer consulting sessions with specialists to the participating families regarding issues related to excessive gaming habits. It will also offer activities to help prevent children from developing a heavy gaming lifestyle and strengthen family bonds through cooperative gaming experiences.
A professor of cognitive psychology will also take part to educate parents on how to communicate with their children and how to utilize games in raising them.
The participants can bring in books, toys or clothes and exchange them for different game-related products, such as merchandise for the popular video game "Brawl Stars." The items participants bring in will be donated to organizations working on children's care.
For this year, the agency is planning to hold a total of four camps, free of charge, for over 800 participants. The second one will be held as an outdoor camping event at NCSOFT's baseball stadium in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, in July or August.
Started in 2015, the annual program has provided a platform to promote healthy gaming among children and an opportunity to build closer family bonds to about 4,330 participants over the years.
Applications to participate in this year's program can be submitted through KOCCA's website until 11 a.m. on May 17.
