Concerned parent: Wii offers “false sense of what it’s like to compete in the world”
Remember that comic strip created by an EB Games employee about how parents buy their kids video games without checking out the ESRB ratings? Well, parents often get a bad reputation for doing that, but in a recently-posted commentary in the National Public Radio, a concerned parent voiced out a different parental concern about video games.
Kelly McBride mentioned about how her kids frequently play Wii Sports with their Nintendo Wii and she is worried that her kids are equating the game version of the sports with the real-life counterpart. In short, she is a bit worried that her offsprings are developing “a false sense of what it’s like to compete in the world.”
She went on by mocking her kids’ sudden interest with the game and it’s so-called exercise. Then she mentions how little her kids know about the real sports and that if they are winning on Wii Sports but losing in real sports like baseball or tennis, this would hugely affect her kids’ self-esteem. There was also apart in her commentary when she talked of childhood obesity in America.
It’s a bit surprising that somebody would attack the Wii-style of gaming as some reputable people are finding it to be good for you. Anyhow, feel free to comment on Ms. McBride’s statement.
Via NPR
Remember that comic strip created by an EB Games employee about how parents buy their kids video games without checking out the ESRB ratings? Well, parents often get a bad reputation for doing that, but in a recently-posted commentary in the National Public Radio, a concerned parent voiced out a different parental concern about video games.
Kelly McBride mentioned about how her kids frequently play Wii Sports with their Nintendo Wii and she is worried that her kids are equating the game version of the sports with the real-life counterpart. In short, she is a bit worried that her offsprings are developing “a false sense of what it’s like to compete in the world.”
She went on by mocking her kids’ sudden interest with the game and it’s so-called exercise. Then she mentions how little her kids know about the real sports and that if they are winning on Wii Sports but losing in real sports like baseball or tennis, this would hugely affect her kids’ self-esteem. There was also apart in her commentary when she talked of childhood obesity in America.
It’s a bit surprising that somebody would attack the Wii-style of gaming as some reputable people are finding it to be good for you. Anyhow, feel free to comment on Ms. McBride’s statement.
Via NPR