Chris Kohler
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NPR: Wii Makes Kids Too Confident

National Public Radio commentator Kelly McBride has come up with another complaint about video games: Wii Sports, she says, is making her kids too confident in themselves. Maybe Wii Tennis will encourage my children to play real tennis. But what if, when they pick up a real tennis racket, they’re so delusional about their ability […]
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National Public Radio commentator Kelly McBride has come up with another complaint about video games: Wii Sports, she says, is making her kids too confident in themselves.

Maybe Wii Tennis will encourage my children to play real tennis. But what if, when they pick up a real tennis racket, they're so delusional about their ability that they walk away in frustration? The Wii is to sports what grade inflation is to academic achievement: it makes it so easy that everyone can play.

Show of hands: who's glad Kelly McBride isn't their mother? My mom didn't like a lot of the things I did as a kid, but at least she didn't go on the national freaking radio to belittle me.

Mom's a Wii Bit Apprehensive [NPR, via Ars Technica]