How many hand held video games will you buy ?
Jordan has always been a late bloomer in video games. When he was 6, we all couldn’t understand why he was not interested in electronic or computer games like all other kids his age. We thank our lucky stars as we did not like them to get “hooked” on the hand held or computer games.
While visiting our neighbor’s at Thanksgiving in Nov 2006, my boys played with the latest in electronic games – Wii. He was raving about it and has been talking about it. Finally we decided to buy it for christmas and they started playing it on Thanksgiving Day as we were going away for christmas and can’t bring it with us.
They can only play it on Friday evenings, Saturday & Sunday. Of course, I have to peel them away from the TV and limit the time they spent on playing. As I mention in my earlier blogs, it became a big problem.
Recently, Jordan started asking for a DS Lite for his birthday (in June) – the popular hand held game device that probably all kids have. My husband and I decided that maybe it is time he gets one unlike 2 years ago when he was totally disinterested in video games and it would be a complete waste of money. Now, my 6 year old son is also keen. Problem is – I don’t want to buy 2 DS Lite. It’s definitely wasteful as I am a firm believer of sharing. However, if one is playing, then the other one just watch ? Can you imagine a 6 year old keep asking, “can I have a turn” ?
Hence, I would like to buy my second son something similar but not DS Lite. Any suggestions ?