I'll have to disagree a bit about the video games being such a problem for kids.

I will admit that most kids spend way too much time on them and not playing outside as we did when we were kids.

My second son played video games since he was about 3yrs. old and mastered many of them. Actually when he was 6, he was a runner up in the Nintendo World Championships and actually became a game counselor for many of the games.

I think playing the games gave him a upper hand when it came to working with computers as his visual skills and speed on the keyboard are unbelievable. He worked as a IT tech at several jobs while in college making good money.

At 27, besides his full time job as a CFO at a insurance company, he repairs the large arcade type machines for fun and extra cash.

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