The Nintendo DS – It’s Everywhere!!
March 10, 2008 by Julie Bonner
Filed under Life Around My House, Video Games for Kids
I have just been amazed at the Nintendo DS this weekend and just the phenomenon it has become with kids. My family had a very busy weekend and I saw more Nintendo DS’s than I ever have before.
It started on Saturday. My daughter does theater and she had two performances. When the kids had free time in the dressing rooms back stage, most of them were on their DS chatting back and forth with each other. I think at one time, 8 kids were all chatting at the same time. It was pretty funny and the kids were having a blast. We had to make some of them put the DS away because they were missing their cues to be back on stage, lol!
Then on Sunday, my son had a gymnastics meet. We get to the meet, get all situated and next thing I know, I look around and there are a ton of kids playing on their DS. Someone from across the gym was chatting with my daughter and she didn’t even know who she was. Later they found each other and waved. I was glad it was another child. You never know these days and have to be careful.
Technology just amazes me. I remember the days that I had to sit in my room to play video games on my TV hooked up to my Commodore 64. Good times, good times. Now, kids can take their games with them everywhere they go and on top of that, chat with other kids in the same vicinity as them.
When we bought the DS’s for our kids we were a little nervous it would become a problem and we would have to put strict limits on them. Luckily, we haven’t had to do that and it has ended up being the best travel toy for our two oldest. Now my 4 year old wants one. He’s feeling a bit left out.
I’m going to make him wait a little longer. I told him if he can show me that he is able to take care of the hand-me-down Game Boy he got, then we’ll talk. 
