[unclebilly]

So here is where we are at with it:

My son is 7 and excels in math and sciences, it very hands on and a farm kid. He is an excellent skier, is the fastest of his run group at go-karting and rides his dirt bike.

He wants to play mostly car games and has a few on his tablet. Oddly the video game he plays most is ‘prodigy’ which is a math game. You have to solve math problems to win battles.

He hates to read.

We have given him 2 choices if we get a switch:

1. He earns a minute of gaming for every minute he spends reading and the reading has to be done first.

2. We will pay him a dollar a book and he can save up the $420 needed to buy the console and any games he needs to buy for it.

He is undecided but seems to favour option 2.

I appreciate everyone’s feedback on this. I think once spring hits and the mountains of snow melt, he willl be back on the dirt bike etc and this dilemma will be behind us for a few months. Also the pellet gun the Easter bunny is bringing might change his desire for video games somewhat.