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#1 of 3 Thread Starter  Hi! Since we moved to southern
California, 1 !/2 years ago, a playdate for my nine-year-old son
means video games or side by side gameboy. The boys just sit on
the couch staring at the screen, pushing buttons and barely
interacting. What is the point of getting together? Since we
don't have these games, boys sometimes bring mutiple gameboys in
their backpacks or phone their moms who come running over with
their game consoles unless I put a stop to it. These kids don't
seem to want or know how to do anything else. Unlike our former
Oak Park, Illinois neighborhood, here, children are seldom seen
outdoors even though the weather is beautiful every day. I can
keep video games out of my own home but my son wants to play at
other homes, too. What is your policy about video games and what
advice do you have for finding kids who want to run, build forts
and play together instead of staring at a screen? (People here
let there kids b