So last night, my 3 year old daughter walks up to me and says "Daddy, can we play a game.". Now, while this is not unusual, it was the game that she wanted to play that caught me off guard.
"What game do you wanna play?"
"The scary, jumping horse game."
I should probably explain. The game she was referring to was Castlevania: The Dracula X Cronicles on the PSP. As most of you probably know, the game begins with you in a carriage and you end up having to "fight" Death (it's not really a battle, but I'm glad the game started with some action). Hence the "jumping horse game". She used to play Sesame Street on the NES and now she wants to kill zombies, skeletons, and the occasional
Rhino. It makes me proud as a gamer and a parent to see her her taking an interest in something other than the status qo when it comes to preskool games.
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I know it looks nothing like a rhino.
blehman:
No, I'm letting her watch ME play a teen rated game. I believe there is a difference. I don't curse at the game when I die. I don't say "Let's go kill some zombies!!" I die, it's "They got us baby." We kill something, it's "we got the bad guy." I don't talk about it in terms of death. I think that it's more benificial to children to be taught at a young age that they are just games and not how real life is. Could be worse, I could be letting her watch me play GTA or something like that.
Cutest thing you've ever seen, So, I'm right there with you man. =)
She's really good, and accomplishes her goal (of getting all the balls to rush into the skull opening) everytime.
Being there as the adult to guide kids with what may interest them is one of the best things a parent can do.