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[quote=Anonymous]Just want to offer an example of how video games, even non educational ones, can be healthy and a net positive to a child's life-

My daughter and her similar aged cousin play Animal Crossing on their Switches together maybe 2-3 hours a week. They're on the phone chatting the whole time and it is so fun for them. They live states away from each other and did not have much a of a relationship before they started doing this in the summer of 2020. They visit each other's islands, swap outfits and dress up their characters, design changes to their island layouts, etc. They end up talking mostly about non video game things while they're doing this since it's a slower pace game and not something like a shooter game where you're stressfully coordinating with others while you play. I mean it when I say that I don't think they'd be anywhere near as good of friend as they are without this game.

It has a lot to do with the games they're playing, the personality of the kid, the actual value of the social interaction happening, etc., but it can bring so much good. [/quote]

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