No, You Can't Have Nintendo

on the playground. We're among that ever shrinking group of parents known as

nintendo holdouts. We refuse to buy a nintendo set. (Nintendo, for those who

have been living in a cave for the past few years, is something that you hook up

to your TV set that enables you to play various games on your homescreen)

Around Christmastime, my son made a wish list and I noticed that nintendo was

No. 1. I said, "You know you are not going to get nintendo." He said " I know im

not going to get it from you. But I might get it from him." Alas, Santa too, let him

I've heard parents' rationalizations about the games: "They're good for

hand-eye coordination." (So is playing ball.) "It's something kids can do without an

adult watching." (So is-dare I say the word?) "While he's playing at the screen, I

can relax for a few minutes." (Who among us hasn't usede the electronic

babysitter from time to time? But "a few minutes"? Who are we kidding?)

I don't think that playing a video game bow and then is really harmful to children.

Buyt the children I know are so obsessed with these games that they have

prompted at least one second-grade teacher (my son's) to ba

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