Tip our author quickly learned: don't start twins with Mario Kart
Following heaps of advice from Axios readers, my wife and I recently told our 5½-year-old twins that we had video games in the house — and that we could play them.This was a big step. There's no clear guideline about when to introduce your kids to games, not even for someone like me who's reported about games for two decades.There's no perfect answer. But my family is now in the throes of figuring it out.
But I worried about adding another screen-based amusement to their lives, especially after COVID life ramped up their use of TVs and tablets.Plus, they’re twins. I wanted them to have an even experience, both learning without frustration about who progressed faster. I assumed I should avoid competitive games.feedback online about the best games to play on a docked Switch together and loaded them up. Top picks included Overcooked 2, Super Mario 3D World, Minecraft and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
I envisioned establishing rules: gaming only allowed with me present, strict time limits to be enforced.We started on Sunday with Mario 3D World, me as Mario, my kids as Luigi and Peach, then tried Kart. Their delight quickly gave way to frustration over controls they were just learning and a preoccupation with how the other was doing.Way better. They cheered for each other, and my son even scooched his chair up to the TV to helpfully point out things on screen for his sister., a puzzle game that lets me walk a character through puzzle rooms while my kid partner rotates the camera and searches for an in-game sticker he or she can zap for a reward.
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