No Video Games For Them

Reading this news article on “Concern over video games“, it reminded of the times when we used to call electronic games, “game and watch”.

When I was in upper primary school, we used to have a neighbour friend who has one of this cool gadget. Despite his sometimes annoying attitude, we remained civil to him because of this – which he’d sometimes lent to us when he was in the right mood.

My parents certainly never got this or any of those gaming gadget for me but I don’t miss not having them. There were too many other things to do!

My childhood was spent mostly outdoors. Walking for miles, exploring places – which when I think back gave me the goosebumps. I had so much freedom and I could only do what I did because I lived in safe places, in a safe time.

Unfortunately, my girls will not get to experience all those that I did – because even though we still live in a safe place, times are different and I can’t even let them play outside the house without supervision and imagination running wild.

Still, I’d rather they do more physical exploring – than having them glued to the monitor or TV.

So even though they’d love to have this kind of game and no matter what kind of benefits this kind of entertainment gadget afforded, they will not be getting any video game any time soon.