Comments on: How a Video Game Taught My Child About Quitting http://www.dadwritings.com/parenting/how-a-video-game-taught-my-child-about-quitting/ Writings From a Stay-At-Home and Special Needs Dad Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:05:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: George http://www.dadwritings.com/parenting/how-a-video-game-taught-my-child-about-quitting/comment-page-1/#comment-428 George Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:12:13 +0000 http://www.dadwritings.com/?p=212#comment-428 Hey Jackie! Thanks for the comment. Yeah, I am not too thrilled they portray the loosing Mii either. Very cool. My 5 year old daughter loves the sword Duel, frisbee and basketball. She loves the bowling on the old Wii Sport better though. She likes playing tennis on there too. She likes playing against me on Tennis on there and she wants me to teach her play tennis one day - I used to be semi-pro a LONG time ago. That's very cool. Don't you love it when they say things like that? :) Hey Jackie!

Thanks for the comment.

Yeah, I am not too thrilled they portray the loosing Mii either. Very cool. My 5 year old daughter loves the sword Duel, frisbee and basketball. She loves the bowling on the old Wii Sport better though. She likes playing tennis on there too. She likes playing against me on Tennis on there and she wants me to teach her play tennis one day – I used to be semi-pro a LONG time ago. That’s very cool. Don’t you love it when they say things like that? :)

]]> By: Jackie http://www.dadwritings.com/parenting/how-a-video-game-taught-my-child-about-quitting/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Jackie Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:25:36 +0000 http://www.dadwritings.com/?p=212#comment-427 I have had very similar experiences with my 4 year old son, and Yes, Wii Resorts. What I really dislike, is how at the end of the a Wii Resorts game, the losing "Mii" puts his head down, looks at the floor, shakes it in disbelief and looks like he is crying. I have actually seen my son duplicate that action! His favorite games are actually the Sword Duel Play, bowling, and basketball. The basketball Wii game has sparked an interest in the real sport which is awesome. I have went thru the similar dialogue with my son about "try, try, again." I think the message got thru, because recently, when I told him that a certain stuffed animal would not fit in his back pack because it was too big, he told me "mom, if you keep trying, I bet you can do it." He was right, it fit. :) I have had very similar experiences with my 4 year old son, and Yes, Wii Resorts. What I really dislike, is how at the end of the a Wii Resorts game, the losing “Mii” puts his head down, looks at the floor, shakes it in disbelief and looks like he is crying. I have actually seen my son duplicate that action! His favorite games are actually the Sword Duel Play, bowling, and basketball. The basketball Wii game has sparked an interest in the real sport which is awesome. I have went thru the similar dialogue with my son about “try, try, again.” I think the message got thru, because recently, when I told him that a certain stuffed animal would not fit in his back pack because it was too big, he told me “mom, if you keep trying, I bet you can do it.” He was right, it fit. :)

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