eema - that is exactly the reason why we went down the DS and Wii route, we wanted to give both our DS's something that they have in common with the other children their ages. My husband sees no problem with gaming - he is an only child and spent a lot of time playing computer games and has turned out OK (well according to him - LOL).

They are not allowed to play during the school week, and have an hour (sometimes a little more) a day on the weekend. If their behaviour is bad then they will have the "privilege" taken away, or at least some of their Nintendo time!

This seems to have worked for us, as otherwise they would play all the time smile

JDAx3, like you, I don't get this whole video game thing!