FinanceDude
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My 8year old son came home distraught last Friday. He told me the kids are school were picking on him. Guess what about? The fact we don't own a "gaming system" like they do, i.e., X-box 360, PlayStation 2 or 3, Nintendo DS, Wii, etc.
Funny thing is, he's in 3 sports and karate, and all the kids I see playing Gameboy look like they need a LOT of exercise. He has some PC games I let him play, like Madden NFL Football 2008, PGA Tour 2008, and a few educational games.
We talked about it, and he seemed ok with it. I happened to see one of the kids and their mom at the grocery store on Saturday. Sure enough, "Ben" had his portable Gameboy with him. "Mrs. Ben" says hello, and smartmouth Ben says:
"How come Nathan doesn't have a Gameboy like me?" His mom looks horrifed, but the little rugrat gave me an opening......my reply?
"Well, he doesn't have much time, since he's training for his RED BELT in Tae Kwon Do".............
Mom immediately takes away Ben's Gameboy, and chastises him as I move away: "You should be doing something like that instead of WASTING all your time on that stupid Gameboy".........
Game, set,match...........ME!!!
Funny thing is, he's in 3 sports and karate, and all the kids I see playing Gameboy look like they need a LOT of exercise. He has some PC games I let him play, like Madden NFL Football 2008, PGA Tour 2008, and a few educational games.
We talked about it, and he seemed ok with it. I happened to see one of the kids and their mom at the grocery store on Saturday. Sure enough, "Ben" had his portable Gameboy with him. "Mrs. Ben" says hello, and smartmouth Ben says:
"How come Nathan doesn't have a Gameboy like me?" His mom looks horrifed, but the little rugrat gave me an opening......my reply?
"Well, he doesn't have much time, since he's training for his RED BELT in Tae Kwon Do".............
Mom immediately takes away Ben's Gameboy, and chastises him as I move away: "You should be doing something like that instead of WASTING all your time on that stupid Gameboy".........
Game, set,match...........ME!!!