What Game Console Should I Buy My Child? One Parent’s Answer: None

In my previous post, The New Virtual Babysitter, I mentioned my concern with the arrival of portable game systems and whether parents should be buying such systems for their children. One thing to add here is that at a recent conference I attended a leading expert on children with Attachment Issues stated unequivocally that these children especially should not have portable game systems because it is addictive for them. (I would also caution parents to buy a system that either does not have wifi capability or has major controls to protect children from online predators and porn).

I was also impressed with the following article by a lifelong gamer now parent as he struggles with the decision whether to buy his child a game sytem. Here is the article “Should Kids Play Games?”

~ by jlseagull on July 10, 2009.