SleepyEgg

I'm often asked for advice when it comes to raising children around video games, mostly due to the fact that I have of three of the former and a few thousand of the latter. The truth is my kids don't play many video games, and what they do play is tightly controlled. I was older when I received my first video game console, around 12 or so, and I think that's about the right age. My kids are nine, eight, and two, and until they're a few years older I feel better with books, sports, and Nerf. My son is just beginning to get extensive time on portable systems and co-op games like Skylanders.

Then we received the Atari Flashback 3 system for Christmas, and I began to see this strategy bear fruit. My kids don't see blocky pixels and limited colors, they see entire worlds.