You have the makings of a great parent, pokoko.

Yeah, basically anything that wouldn't require back and forth between physical controls and touchscreen usage... that would probably be too complex for a 7 year old anyways. :P

I would say start with a conversation. Talk to the 2DS touchscreen, not at it. Hopefully you can get through this way.

After multiple tries if you still can't reach the 2DS touchscreen, then perhaps counseling is in your future.

Because those are buttons you might want to access while using regular face buttons....unlike the touchscreen.

Firstly, this thing is clearly designed to be a rugged handheld for little kids, hinge removed as a major point weakness for a system that might get left on the floor, kicked etc.

If the controls had been placed lower, the touch screen may have been reachable, but the shoulder buttons would not.

Furthermore if you think little kids with little hands can easily reach the touch screen on the current 3DS while keeping their hands on the controls, then you haven't watched too many young kids on the 3DS. In my experience, when they use the touch screen, they take their right hand off so they can reach the whole screen.

Bottom line, this system it's not designed for people on game forums.

Wow I didn't imagine there would be so many amputees on this site.

But games are designed thinking it is simple to just move a thumb and tap a virtual button. That's now going to require the whole hand to be removed. That's annoying and a design flaw.

Make up stories? ok. I've already posted in Pokemon threads showing my history with the series. I've played every single generation, starting with pokemon yellow on my cousin's GB. I owned a GBA SP with emerald and a DS with Diamond. me and my sis finished black and white using emulators but we could never fight each other so we opted to start saving for 3DSs which we hope near october. She is purchasing a black 3DS XL with the game separate while I will buy the pokemon bundle, with the red 3DS and Pokemon X. My best catch was on a shiny ponyta in Diamond, which i changed for a cherubi for some stupid reason. I also plan to purchase KH 3D as I am a huge fan of the franchise, having beaten every single KH game except for recoded and 3D. I also plan to purchase DKCR and fire emblem.

The average shopper, to me, is the uneducated shopper, the kind that has enough surplus of money to buy whatever they want (or whatever their kids demand) because it would not make a dent in their finances, while the purchase becomes irrelevant soon after because they dislike it, etc. Gamers are usually known to be smart shoppers because even though we can be biased, we tend to be informed of the in and outs of a console/handheld as well as the features in games, etc. Yes, that's a complement to all us. 

It won't be a problem because either: 1) Games use the touchscreen for practically everything, meaning that you won't use the buttons often, or 2) Games barely use the touch screen aside of maybe very simple commands. 

In most games that use the touch screen heavily, like Virtue's Last Reward for example, you can still use the buttons, it's slower because you have to use the slider to move the cursor manually (it's a point and click game basically), but it gets the job done. Games that use both extensively could be uncomfortable though, but aside of Kid Icarus I can't think of a game that uses both equally. 

I almost never use my thumbs but the stylus and for that I have to hold the system with one hand, so I don't see any problem doing the same here.

I may be the only one here but I really like the design, it looks more comfortable to hold. With the original 3DS my hands hurt after playing it for a while. If this one solves that problem I may be getting one.

In fact, if it had an account system I for sure would be getting one, but until then I'm very curious to at least test it.