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Originally Posted by ma-skis.com
Looking at that parenting thread, didn't want to derail, but what's the age you guys all started introducing video games into their lives?
my boy hasn't touched a wii or ps3, but we let him play the occasional iphone game if we get stuck in traffic, waiting for our food or if he's barely holding it together.
Thoughts on the topic?
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I have bee trying to get my daughter used to the concept of the Wii and it's controls since she was 2. For the longest time, it was just her watching daddy play, but now there are some games she almost understands what is going on, but has a hard time translating that understanding through the controls. For example, she can pick her driver, cart and race on Mario Kart but getting her to move even 100m in the race is rare.
I consider video games an important thing to learn, if for no other reason than it helps her develop her coordination and spatial thinking. That said, video games are a Saturday morning, with Daddy only activity. There is no way I will let her think that she needs to be playing them all the time.
At 3 now, she plays matching games on Grandma's iPhone like a pro, holding so many of the high scores that I really have to work at it to get my name up there.