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Originally Posted by LoganSnake
I'm sorry, but I don't think you are underestimating the mind of a 6 year old.
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Double negative. Do you mean I am underestimating the mind of a 6 year old? Or do you mean I'm accurately estimating the mind of a 6 year old?
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Originally Posted by LoganSnake
I got my first NES when I was 6, going on 7. I played so much Battletoads vs. Double Dragon, Mario, River City Ransom and other games, I knew their plots, one liners and levels by heart. At no point in my early childhood gaming career have I mistaken video game universe for the reality. I think that if a child does make a mistake of the sort, it is the parent's fault, not the child's. I was heavily into books and spent a lot of time outside with friends, so perhaps, it balanced eachother out. Gaming was a reward for me an was taken away if I did badly at school (which didn't happen often). It's like saying that it was the game's fault that a child commited some sort of violent act. It is never so much the game's fault as it is the parents'.
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I wasn't blaming the game. I was blaming the parent that allows the child to spend hours at a time in a fantasy world without some measure of balance. In your case, you spent a lot of time outside. That brought you back to reality. Most kids who are heavely into gaming now do not go outside and play. They are antisocial, can develop ADD and ADHD, usually get bad grades, are consistantly overweight, and they usually have horrible tempers....that is unless they are taught how to regard gaming. It's something to do for fun sometimes, not a way of life.