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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We set up playdates for kids from the same bus stop after school but other kids refused to come to our house because we don't have video games.

Our son is K and is the oldest.  Other kids all have older siblings so the battle for video games were already fought and won (or lost?)

What can we do? Dad don't play games so we don't have box at home.  We might last another year but I doubt it. [/quote]

Oh wow this is so going to be us next year (son is in Pk4 this year and an only child and I am a firm NO on video games).  I am also a middle school teacher. I am pleading with you all, please don't give in to video games because your kid 'will be the only one'.  They are SO addicted in 6th grade. It's really sad.  It's why I won't allow them for my son.  If more parents stuck to their guns and realized that there ARE others like you, everyone wouldn't cave into peer pressure.  It's like this with social media, too. PLEASE wait until 8th grade at least to give your child a smartphone.  I am 'in the trenches' with these middle schoolers (and have been for 15 years) and it actually IS different now than even a few years ago.[/quote]

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