Playing Outside: A Tale of Two Boys

Sundays: usually spent cursing your existence as you think about trudging to work the next day.  It's also the day you might catch up on all the shows on your DVR or what have you.  Basically, Sundays are the equivalent of lazing about, in my mind.  But lazing is not part of the plan when you have rambunctious 6 year old nephews and a 4 year old niece, who insist you take their 8 dart rapid fire action Nerf gun outside for a game of "You're the Bad Guy and You Have to Chase Us".



Very early on, my sister decided that the introduction to video games for her now 6 year old would be put off until he was about 7 years old.  That's not to say she was trying to limit his exposure completely to video games but to things such as FPS games, Resident Evil type zombies and the like, she felt it best to wait until he was older (older than seven, probably).

My brother on the other hand, is the complete opposite.  His son is all about his Super Heroes, blasters, headhunting zombies, fighting games and combat.  He is also 6 and his introduction to those types of games happened about a year or so ago.