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> my sister has successfully resisted the introduction of video games for at least six years - hope she can continue to fight. idk. I bought my son a Nintendo
by axod 16y ago
> my sister has successfully resisted the introduction of video games for at least six years - hope she can continue to fight.
idk. I bought my son a Nintendo DS when he turned 3 (reward for potty training). I'm really glad I did as he's already showing off some cool mathematical and logical thinking ability. There's good games and bad games, plusses and minuses as with everything. I think the key is variety and moderation.
- veb 16y agoI still don't play video games. Is there something wrong with me?
- Mithrandir 16y agoSome would say there's something right about you.
- SoftwareMaven 16y agoAnd they would be completely wrong. Just like everything in life, it is about proportions. Playing WoW in a cafe until you die: something wrong with you (even before the lack of heartbeat). Having an xbox party with friends once a month: nothing wrong. It's all shades of grey in between.
- Mithrandir 16y agoI absolutely agree (though the people downvoting me probably don't think so.)
- axod 16y agonot really, not everyone plays a musical instrument either :/ Up to you what you enjoy. I don't read novels.
- eru 16y agoWhere are you from? The US? Is it normal to do potty training so late?
- sliverstorm 16y agoTalk about shaping the evidence to suit your hypothesis.
- eru 16y agoI don't know. I recently borrowed a book from a co-worker, a young mother, about potty-training. They talked about different approaches in different parts of the world. The author was American, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to cross-check what she wrote. (And most people on HN are from the US, that's why I assumed so.)
- axod 16y agoI'm from the UK. Potty training generally happens at age 2 or 3. To achieve full dry night potty training is usually more like age 3. However, it's pretty common for kids to need a lot more time to go through the night dry.
- SoftwareMaven 16y agoIn all the research I've done, potty training begins when the parents decide they are sick of changing diapers and ends when the child is physiologically prepared. Happier parents and kids occur when those two dates are as close as possible. Four kids, potty trained between two and four and a half (hence the research).