We started around 3-4ish, and he has his own Nintendo DS now, but we limit the amount of time quite a bit; lots of other kids seem to get much more video game time. We try to stick to an hour and a half to two hours total of screen time max in any given day, and often it's less than that (one show while eating breakfast, one before bed). Sometimes its more as he likes to watch Discovery channel with me (how it's made, Mythbusters, any kind of space or animal show), but not often.
TV / game time before 3 was almost zero.
I think the Canadian Pediatric Society recommends no TV before 2, and 2 hours max per day for kids.
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