Reply #28: Actually, there's a fair amount that kids can learn from video games... [View All]

[GoddessOfGuinness]

...if they play the right games.

Video games have enhanced and reinforced my kid's knowledge of history, science, and mathematics. While some games include less-than-optimum language skills, others have helped increase his vocabulary. His main incentive for learning to read, which he started doing at age 3, was the desire to be able to read video game instruction manuals.

Obviously, there has to be life beyond the video screen, but video and computer games can be valuable learning tools.