[stomachmonkey]

Both my kids started using computers around 2-3 years old.

We'd load educational games for them.

I like to think it's part of the reason both of their reading scores are several grade levels ahead of the grade they are currently in.

Some of Ardens homework is done online. She had a question on a math portion tonight so I sat with her to help her thru it.

When she finished and closed the browser window I notice an icon for Virtual Boy Advance on her desktop. Virtual Boy is a Nintendo Gameboy emulator. You can download ROMS of old games and play them on your PC.

I asked her what she was doing with it.

"I download Pokemon ROMS and hack them"

You hack them? Hack them how?

"Yeah, look, here's one I'm hacking now. I'm replacing the characters with new ones that I created myself"

I see.

"I'm not happy with the original GUI so I'm going to redesign that and then create some new attacks and Powerups"

Ooooookayyyy.

"Am I in trouble?"

No baby.

She turns 11 in August.