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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is in 3rd grade. He has played Minecraft and Roblox, but I have always found it difficult to limit, so we pretty much took them away.

He seems fine just reading or tinkering with Legos. However, just the other night I did notice that he was at a loss when socializing with some other kids talking about or playing video games which made me question whether we should reintroduce some gaming.

I can see how it is the social currency of young boys, but it's just so hard to reign in. I also wouldn't mind if he played sports games, because I feel like at least he would be learning the rules of the game, but he has no interest in them.

Anyone have any specific age-appopriate game recs?
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Pokemon. A 3rd grader should easily be able to handle the reading and the basic strategy. They can be played almost entirely single player. And the new games are fun and not too hard. They are good thinking and memory exercises  for kids - like, what do I have that is strong against this opponent, what move can I teach a Pokémon to make it stronger against another opponent, etc. [/quote]

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