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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's controversial. Don't give this as a gift, Op. Many parents do not want this for their kid. They are working to decrease gaming and screen time.[/quote]
Any parent who wants this for their kid will simply buy it. If you want to be in s--- with the parents, by all means, buy their kid video games without asking. I can tell you right now any video games bought for my kids would be disappeared and sold for cash at the earliest opportunity. [/quote]

+1000[/quote]

None of you parents who are clueless about technology will ever admit that kids who play video games have better social skills, cognitive skills, logical skills, hand-eye coordination, and strategizing not to mention higher IQs than your kids who sit quietly alone reading Harry Potter. Also video game players are better at sports.

https://www.engineeringforkids.com/about/news/2021/november/what-soft-skills-do-kids-learn-from-playing-vide/

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I'm sure my kid in baseball, football, cello and art classes, who I am personally teaching to write cursive, will be miles behind video game kid[/quote]

First, we all learned cursive and my kids continue to learn cursive at school.   But good for teaching it at home.

This was for people like you who dismiss playing video games for whatever reason you have.  The studies show that video games have benefits in a child’s development.  That doesn’t take away from other children’s activities that have their benefits.

It’s nice that you signed your child up for baseball and football and cello and art.   Hopefully he’ll enjoy these activities and as he gets older he’ll get to find an activity that he chooses himself and loves.

One thing, video games are only good if you choose age appropriate games and time limits.  There are a lot of family games you can play together that are fun [/quote]

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