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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]13 year old son....and 19 year old that had similar teen years before he started college.

Rides bike
skateboards
plays basketball in driveway
practices soccer skills with "Dribble Up" ball when the weather is bad
Builds rubber band shooters with K'Nex
Builds with Legos
Pet sits and walks dog next door.
Uses money earned from above to pay for materials to build his own longboard which he just finished
Baking or learning how to make pasta (not successful at the pasta so far)
Learning to play guitar
practice piano (under duress)
Drawing/sketching using books on techniques taken out of library
Practices simple carpentry skills (sanding/clear coating etc)
Travel soccer
Reading about dogs and dog training methods, specifically police dogs.

I could go on, but you get the idea.  I would hate for my kids to have missed out on learning about so many things they could end up loving because they were too focused on video games.     They enjoyed so many other things......I'm sure I will get blasted for this but to me, it's a sad life to be playing video games as part of childhood.

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+1 it is really sad.  I will never understand how this became a thing. As parents, deep down we all know it is a bad idea. [/quote]

My kids do these things too ... and sometimes play video games. They aren't the ones missing out on something.[/quote]

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