When our 8-year-old started asking for video games, I knew we were about to engage in an uphill battle. Anytime we’ve been to friends’ houses with gaming consoles, he goes full zombie mode, then has an epic meltdown once the sensory overload wears off. And since he inevitably ropes his 6-year-old brother in, we’re essentially sealing both their fates.
So when our neighbors started raving about a movement-based gaming console called Nex Playground, my first instinct was to shut it down. The words “gaming console” alone were enough to put me in a mental block. Add in my own memories of Wii tennis sessions where I nearly took out the ceiling fan, and I was firmly in the “no” camp.
But after doing a little more research, I was intrigued enough to try it out.
Screen time isn’t something I take lightly. With three kids ages 2 to 8, my husband and I
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