Really? Give super mario to a toddler watch as they get frustrated, cry and smash the controller with a huge tantrum.
And I'm not sure what videogames you play, but hand eye coordination needs to be really high.
something that's also overlooked is the level of reflexes they develop. In new super mario bros U, initially I would need to say "now jump" with roughly a 6 seconds anticipation before the actual jumo, now my toddler can jump properly in the first few levels.
Give it toa 5 years old and they are nowehere close to being able to do what he can do, so he must have developed something.
Of course you give them hard games, it's the same reason why you give them veggies and not candies. You give healthy videogames, not the garbage that goes on tablet and phones.
Oh and regarding creativity, my children played videogames, then got bored. With mum, they built a super mario level using duplo blocks and proceeded to play using the action figures we have.
Something strongly overlooked, is the level of focus required to play hard videogames, so something they develop is, indeed, focus.
And decision making! There is so much to decide in a videogame, often rapidly.
All of this happens in the same room as me, to be clear (still working), so I can see when they get bored and it's time for a change. Also they don't have access to the games, so they have a single videogame at a time with one change per day, which a great natural way to enforce focusing and getting bored if playing excessively
And I'm not sure what videogames you play, but hand eye coordination needs to be really high. something that's also overlooked is the level of reflexes they develop. In new super mario bros U, initially I would need to say "now jump" with roughly a 6 seconds anticipation before the actual jumo, now my toddler can jump properly in the first few levels.
Give it toa 5 years old and they are nowehere close to being able to do what he can do, so he must have developed something.
Of course you give them hard games, it's the same reason why you give them veggies and not candies. You give healthy videogames, not the garbage that goes on tablet and phones.
Oh and regarding creativity, my children played videogames, then got bored. With mum, they built a super mario level using duplo blocks and proceeded to play using the action figures we have.
Something strongly overlooked, is the level of focus required to play hard videogames, so something they develop is, indeed, focus.
And decision making! There is so much to decide in a videogame, often rapidly.
All of this happens in the same room as me, to be clear (still working), so I can see when they get bored and it's time for a change. Also they don't have access to the games, so they have a single videogame at a time with one change per day, which a great natural way to enforce focusing and getting bored if playing excessively