Video games now seem to the past time of choice for most kids instead of that thing to do when there was nothing else to do. As a parent in a house where electronics are a high priority we try to find games for Maddy that will help her grow and develop. Her favorite game is the Sims, it is a great social simulator but she does not have to interact with others. The other games she likes to play are games where she can win easily. She needs a game to challenge her and teach her new skills.
There are an amazing amount of video games online where you can interact with other people, but we don't want to let our very naive fifteen year old loose on the internet. This summer we decided to spend the money to let her play a computer game with me. I have for the past 5ish years spend too many hours to count playing World of Warcraft.
So far it is going well and she knows we have to get everything done on our list for the day before we can play together. I have some friends in the game who also play with us and they are so sweet and patient with her. She thinks it is really cool that other people come and play with us. So far in playing this game with me she has had to read, follow instructions, do basic math and operation functions on a keyboard and mouse. Soon as we continue our travels in the game she will have to learn how to logically solve problems in various situations.
Yesterday we were playing a bit with a friend of mine and she wanted to type in party chat to him. I was so excited to watch her learn how to do emotes and type to a friend in chat. This adds in typing and more reading skills.
I will leave you with a look at how video games look these days. This is one of my characters in the game. Once we have Maddy in cool gear we will post some pictures of her character.
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