Would you let your five year old preshcooler play video games ?

Answer 1

It depends...
Is it age appropriate? that means no sex, no swearing, no violence AT ALL.
Is it beneficial to their learning? Does it teach them something; sorting, letters, numbers, colors, painting, ahnd-eye coordination?
Are you there to watch them?
Do the child also have time to interact with other children or are they totally focued on this activity bar any other?

SO if you were able to answers all of the above appropraitely I would say yes let them play. If not, find better activities for them. like coloring, cutting gluing, sorting, make believe, or read to them.

Answer 2

NO! my boys never had a game console, and they whined about how they were the only kids without a video game system. Then, after they went out to play, they'd come inside and complain that their friends were busy 'playing dumb video games' instead of going outside to play games! Parents can't win! Kids get too hooked on video games. Parents buy into the pressure to get games so their kid isn't the 'odd one' in school. And parents get lax on enforcing playtime rules (or they aren't home to enforce the rules). All the while, the kids stop reading, developing their own games with peers, they learn to sit and watch a box. As a teacher, I can tell the video game kids in class. They claim to be 'bored' easily and tend to lack imagination and creativity. And as far as 'teaching' skills, kids learn far more when they interact in the real world instead of in a computer game.

Answer 3

The video games that are age appropriate are actually good for developing children's fine and gross motor development, it is also a good for their social development, etc. Although I am not a big fan of video games, I have bought my son a game console just because I did not want him to be the "odd one" among his friends and peers. However, his playing time and days are limited, very limited. At the end of the week, if he took home a good behavior report I award him with one hour of play which he can use on days such as Friday or Saturday when he is not required to sleep early for school. He can use that one hour in one go, or use half hour each day or he can save the hours for when a friend is over.
My son is now 18 years old, he plays the video games but he is not addicted to them. He excel in school, and have a great job. I am confident to say that he will turn up to be a good citizen of the United States of America.
Allow children to be all around but limitations and structures in their young life will lead them to fine adult. Goodluck

Answer 4

I would definately watch the age recommendations for the game. There are actually some games out there where they trick them into learning. But I agree with what the person above said, make sure they do go outside sometimes and try and get them to read too. I've seen some kids that all they do is play video games and now they cannot entertain themselves without a game.

Answer 5

Parents never seem to get it right, were accused of not letting them socialize
with peers of the same age, or not spending enough time or energy with them. I'm assuming that the videos are of the right certification, and
hopefully educational fun games, as long as they're on a timer so it doesn't
damage their eyes, there is no reason why kids can't play on them, it helps
with their fine motor skills, as well as memory. They'll enjoy it even more if
you join in, you will notice how much help they want to give you if you can't
quite master it, gives them that extra boost. So go on have fun with your kids.
Regards.
Lain.

Answer 6

My three year old and four year old "play" video games. I put the disk into the Xbox and they attempt to play but really they haven't developed the coordination that it requires.

I guess to answer your question, yeah I do (would). As long as the games aren't violent or anything. They like the Chicken Little game, the Cars game, etc. I don't see why not...there's also some educational games.

Actually, did you know there's research out there that says that playing video games is good for children to develop the smaller muscles in their hands? Yeah! The same research also says it helps eye-hand coordination AND that it increases reaction time! (Which is good for testing!)

Sure...everything in moderation is good.

Answer 7

I have let both my children at 5 play not video games but pc games. Educational of course, it helped them with hand and eye coordination as well as listening skills and instruction. Didn't actually buy video games like Nintendo and Game cube until they were 9 and 11. I do think buy letting them play and watching their time on it helps them focus and relaxes them.

Answer 8

i am 19, and i play video games a lot. I started playing on computers when i was 7 years old. I wasn't really restricted in my time at all, or when i did i pushed the boundaries and made my parents forget that they made them. My suggestion if you don't want him to turn into a complete couch potato like me is to restrict the amount of time he plays on it, so he gets enough to be satisfied ( so he doesn't in the future just end up going to his friends houses just to play video games) but doesn't spend all his time doing it. Just make sure if you decided to let him play but limit it that you stick to what you say so that he doesn't push to get more and more time. And also watch what games he (or she) plays. Although i don't believe that violent games can make you go crazy and shoot people, i do believe that it desensitizes you in that way (based on studies i have read).

bottom line, lay down reasonable rules and stick to them.

Answer 9

Educational computer games for less than 30 minutes at a time.
LEAPSTER games in the car.

My four and six year olds started before they could use a mouse. Fisher Price has toddler games online where all they do is mash the keyboard and it does shapes, colors, letters, etc..

We don't own a game system, they share one of my old computers.

Answer 10

My little guy has a V-Smile, It is made by V-tech, he loves it, the games are all age appropriate(3-4 yrs., 5-6 & so forth) he has learned so much it is amazing. A great website that I like is www.noggin.com, it is geared for preschoolers..