I feel so bad for kids whose parents decide to interfere with a normal life, and the kids spend their whole childhood desperately trying to catch up, to fit in with other kids even though their parents fight them tooth and nail. That's just wrong.
Besides, games are often wonderfully educational on many levels. For one thing, gaming is the only place kids can be free from the overly structured and parent-controlled activities that kids are over-scheduled with today. The history games, like any of the Assassin's Creed games are very thoughtful -- as much in the beautiful game environs and the thought-provoking interactions as the overt history lessons. But the work ethic taught in especially the Japanese Dark Souls games, wow --- put in the time, the effort, focus, just face doing it over and over until you get it right, what, you thought it was supposed to be easy? and --- change up the methods! I spent THREE WEEKS on the last boss of Dark Souls NG+ doing essentially the same thing, hoping I'd get better. The light dawned. I tried something entirely different and beat the boss that way second time out. These are good lessons for young people to learn. (And me.)
