Comments on: 5 Things My Old Nintendo Taught Me http://www.beagooddad.com/79/5-things-my-old-nintendo-taught-me/ Feel free to fix my typos in your head as you are reading Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:05:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: beagooddad http://www.beagooddad.com/79/5-things-my-old-nintendo-taught-me/comment-page-1/#comment-246 beagooddad Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:24:42 +0000 http://www.beagooddad.com/79/5-things-my-old-nintendo-taught-me/#comment-246 Novak76, I never learned how to repair electronics and such, but I did learn how to throw my controller into a couch or something soft instead of the TV screen...after a few tries anyway. Novak76, I never learned how to repair electronics and such, but I did learn how to throw my controller into a couch or something soft instead of the TV screen…after a few tries anyway.

]]> By: Novak76 http://www.beagooddad.com/79/5-things-my-old-nintendo-taught-me/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Novak76 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:56:05 +0000 http://www.beagooddad.com/79/5-things-my-old-nintendo-taught-me/#comment-244 NES taught me how to throw controllers at high speed across the room. Which in return taught forced me to learn to repair electronics and plastic so i could do it all over again. Outside bad, Video games good. You know the sun is tring to kill us all. hahahahaha NES taught me how to throw controllers at high speed across the room. Which in return taught forced me to learn to repair electronics and plastic so i could do it all over again. Outside bad, Video games good. You know the sun is tring to kill us all. hahahahaha

]]> By: beagooddad http://www.beagooddad.com/79/5-things-my-old-nintendo-taught-me/comment-page-1/#comment-232 beagooddad Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:07:34 +0000 http://www.beagooddad.com/79/5-things-my-old-nintendo-taught-me/#comment-232 It's strange but I played a fair amount most of my life, but somehow I was always outside playing sports and stuff too. I think we just had less homework back then. Kids probably had more free time back then since they were not doing college prep work and studying for standardized test back in grade school. Plus, I probably was able to play a lot more during the summer and school breaks and that's the part of childhood I probably remember most. It’s strange but I played a fair amount most of my life, but somehow I was always outside playing sports and stuff too. I think we just had less homework back then. Kids probably had more free time back then since they were not doing college prep work and studying for standardized test back in grade school.

Plus, I probably was able to play a lot more during the summer and school breaks and that’s the part of childhood I probably remember most.

]]> By: Conrad http://www.beagooddad.com/79/5-things-my-old-nintendo-taught-me/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Conrad Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:04:53 +0000 http://www.beagooddad.com/79/5-things-my-old-nintendo-taught-me/#comment-231 On the other hand, learning to sit in front of the TV for hours at a time is a very crummy lesson, that my children show an alarming propensity toward. We usually resort to only letting them play a couple hours a week, on Saturday, after chores. They use the extra time to play with toys, or play pretend, or all kinds of healthy things that seem like they're going out of style. I'm torn because I'm a huge gamer, but I feel like my kids can easily get wrecked by overdosing on it. I didn't have videogames around the house until I was 10 or 11, and I think I'm a better person for it. On the other hand, learning to sit in front of the TV for hours at a time is a very crummy lesson, that my children show an alarming propensity toward.

We usually resort to only letting them play a couple hours a week, on Saturday, after chores. They use the extra time to play with toys, or play pretend, or all kinds of healthy things that seem like they’re going out of style.

I’m torn because I’m a huge gamer, but I feel like my kids can easily get wrecked by overdosing on it. I didn’t have videogames around the house until I was 10 or 11, and I think I’m a better person for it.

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