I was recently walking through Target with my three year old and 1 1/2 year old. I walked past the electronics and saw the Switch display sitting there. I looked at my three year old and thought it would be fun one day to play games with him. It got me thinking on what is an appropriate age to introduce video games to kids. The only video gaming my three year old is the occasional joystick-point-the-airplane-straight-into-the-ground thing while I'm playing Flight Sim. I do almost all of my gaming after they go to bed, so they don't really have any concept of video games.

So my question: What have y'all done at what age?

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Posted by SG_Geaux

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Posted on 6/28/22 at 1:02 pm to BottomlandBrew

There are age-appropriate games for all ages.

It's all about limiting their screen time.

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Posted by athenslife101

Member since Feb 2013

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Posted on 6/28/22 at 2:30 pm to BottomlandBrew

For what it’s worth, I tried to get my 6 year old cousin to play Ratchet and she immediately got frustrated since she had never played anything before and she couldn’t even walk or jump. They need something ridiculously simple starting out.

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Posted by DownSouthCrawfish

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Posted on 6/28/22 at 2:42 pm to BottomlandBrew

Find an NES and start them on Mario like the real OGs did.

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Posted by caro81

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Posted on 6/28/22 at 2:50 pm to BottomlandBrew

there games for all ages but i think sitting down and enjoying gaming with them might be around 5-6

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Posted by SEClint

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Posted on 6/29/22 at 12:54 am to BottomlandBrew

I was 6 before I got my 1st nes. I wanted one at least 2 years before then..i think, years seemed longer back then. May have just been 1

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Posted by ThuperThumpin

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Posted on 6/29/22 at 10:05 am to BottomlandBrew

I started my girls off with simple multiplayer side scrollers beat em ups like Ninja Turtles and Double Dragon and twin stick shooters like Smash TV and Geometry Wars. They were around 3-4 and got the hang of it pretty fast. Now they are 8 and 10 and mostly just play Mincraft, Roblox, and Fortnight b/c thats what their friends play.

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