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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Like so many conversations on here, this one degenerated into extremes, all or nothing. I got my 8-year-old son a Switch last year. He likes it and so does my DH; they play together probably 3-4 hours a week...and he also plays guitar, soccer, and hangs out with his friends...everything in moderation / supervision is fine. My brother loved his Nintendo, and Gameboy and now he's an Ivy league professor in the humanities. [/quote]

Some people are having a hard time with this very basic concept of video games are just another activity and it’s something a whole family can play.

I agree too much can be a huge problem for a kid but it’s up to the parents to have the child understand the limits of game playing right from the start.  This will make it normal to have a set limit.  Refusing any time of video games is extreme and serves no purpose and there are more negative aspects to not having video games than there are positives.

Parents usually like to play Mario cart with their kids along with Mario Party, Sports Switch, Trivia games, Tetris .  It’s like board games, the adults have to say the games are over or just one more game![/quote]

“There are more negative aspects to not having video games than there are positives.”  C’mon now.[/quote]

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