My kids never fail to amaze me. Unless I ask them to put their shoes on.
Our five and three year old each have a Nintendo DS. Both can beat the highest level bosses and even warp between worlds in games such as Super Mario Bros, Mario 64, and various Zelda games for the N64, Gamecube and DS. They both have a knack for remembering how to beat certain monsters after watching their mom or dad do so. I just tossed “dad” into that last sentence for kicks since everyone in our family knows that Kim is quite good at these games and my skills are very lame unless it’s an older game nobody plays like Dig Dug.
So I don’t know why these same two kids who are adept at beating games made for kids two or three times their ages seem to go brain dead when asked to put on their shoes. You’d think I was asking them to solve a complicated geometry problem by the looks on their faces. If I’m lucky they will at least attempt to put their shoes and socks on which means the socks will go on inside out and the shoes will be on the wrong feet followed by a collective “BUT I CAN’T DO IT!!!!”
I wish Nintendo would come out with a game that would teach the kids how to get dressed without freaking out. How about a game that, in order to reach the next level, you had to demonstrate how to dress a boy or girl avatar? Nintendo has a game where you perform surgery and another where you learn to cook. A game that teaches kids how to dress themselves doesn’t seem so far out in left field now does it?
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