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[quote=Anonymous]My sister's family is like this.  They live a few hours away, so we only see each other a couple of times a year.  We usually visit during the holidays for an afternoon/evening.  Her kids are 10, 8, 6, and 4.  Ours are 8, 6, and 3.  Should be great for cousins playing together, right?  Nope.  Her kids are glued to their video games, and they will not share with mine.  Kids CAN play together with screens, but it just doesn't happen there.  What usually ends up happening is my kids either stand around and watch their cousins play Xbox, or just go play by themselves with the cousins' non-screen toys.  I've tried to step in and encourage taking turns, but it's like talking to a wall.  It's better in the summer, when the weather is good for playing outside, but Christmas is just the worst with them.  It's depressing because I have such great memories of playing with my cousins on holidays, and I either just give up and let the kids separate into their camps, or I miss out on chatting with my sister because I'm trying to get them to include each other.

And I have brought it up with my sister, but she just shrugs it off and says the kids love their video games and agrees that there's no distracting them with other toys.  Um, maybe just turn it off then?[/quote]

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