I have two girls 18 and 8...and several nephews that are between 6 and 14. First off, I have said this multiple times to friends...if I had the choice between my kids playing a videogame or watching TV...I would prefer that they play a videogame. They at least need to think while playing videogame.
I play videogames with all of them, the girls dont play much on their own, they prefer to make videogames more social...we play SingStar, dancing or music games, Start he Party, Carnival Island, etc.The boys play on their own moslty or with each other, but they do like it when I am around to watch them, talk about the game or show me how good they are doing. They moslty play FPSs or Assassin Creed type games.
Videogames are good, but like just about everything...they are only good in moderation. Staying up all night playing videogames may not be good practice (but cant hurt every now and again, I suppose), but playing an hour or two a day, that would probably be a good thing...especially if the only alternative is watching TV.
