I agree with this.
I love my PS2 and PS3 like a man loves God, but I'm glad that I didn't have any videogames until I was 12. I grew up reading and drawing and making things instead. My brother, on the other hand, is 7 years younger than I, so he had access to videogames from the age of 5. He's a lazy workshy fop and gets bored with anything that doesn't yield instant results.

I don't see anything wrong with giving a child a mobile to use as an emergency tool, though. (Provided it's a no-frills phone to be used only in emergencies, and not a bling one with polyphonic ringtones and shit.) What if you were out BMXing in the woods, fell and broke a leg and were out of earshot of anyone who could help?
( Bob Todd whee, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 12:36, Reply)