ways you've seen that arcades actually HELP kids..

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I remember hearing nothing but bad things about arcades and video games when I was a kid. ie waste of money, bad for your eyes, makes you more aggressive, blah blah blah... Well, my children have been basically RAISED in an arcade (since we have one on site now), and these have been my observations:

1. my kids have learned their numbers VERY quickly, to be able see if they beat your high score with theirs
2. they know what a number is up into the THOUSANDS
3. they understand money to some extent, and realize the concept of "no money, no game" for those that aren't set to free play
4. the hand eye coordination is already there, even with my son who's 2!
5. rudimentary arithmetic
6. my daughter understands how the coin goes down in the coin door and trips the switch to make the game start. she also knows what circuit boards and other various components are at age FIVE
7. the same daughter can log onto Windows XP to kick off MAME to play PP!

I'm sure I've observed more, and I'm sure all of you have too so, post what you've seen in your children where your games have BENEFITTED them! DOWN WITH THE PESSIMISTS!! LOL
 
You learn patterns and timing. I would say vocabulary,but the only new words I remember learning where off of console games.
 
My nieces husband is an air traffic controller at one of Europes most busiest airports. He claims playing videogames as a kid was a direct contributor to his excellent hand-eye coordination and his visual skills to aid him in keeping track of so much visual information.
 
My four year old daughter helped learn hand-eye from games. Its the whole idea that something on the screen happens because of moving the joystick. Took her a while to grasp but she certainly did. Most recently, she has become pretty good at some of the games on the Megatouch. She loves Monster Madness. Wild Apes has helped her with color association.
 
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