My son is 7, and we have a 2 hour max per day rule for screen time (which includes video games, TV, iPad, DS, whatever).
I do let him go over that every so often if he's doing art in a drawing program.
He probably averages an hour a day, some days he gets close to his max, many days he's outside playing so doesn't do anything in the afternoon.
Mornings he usually gets 15 - 30 minutes after he gets dressed and has breakfast and stuff before we head out the door.
Most of the time he plays alone (we're usually in the room though) but sometimes I play with him.
Games he basically plays Minecraft and Pokemon on his DS. More complex games on the Wii he "plays" by watching me play (he isn't very good at them and gets frustrated very quickly and doesn't want to play).
ETA: Ratings I mostly ignore, I always play the game or watch the movie/show before he gets it.
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