Re:Age 6? (Score 3, Insightful)

As a parent of a 6 yr old girl myself that is a great "phonetic" speller and budding reader, I think a lot of you are COMPLETELY overreacting over this. My daughter is very close to reading... she can read age appropriate books. Actually "read", not memorize. But honestly, when you're 6, reading is a bit of a chore and it's not hard to understand it might be "fun" to actually have some ENTERTAINMENT in addition to the total-stranger-advocated-reading-tutorials some of you seem to be pushing. Remember, this guy is already asking about things that might be appropriate for his daughter... To me (another parent), it seems he's someone that already "gives a damn" about his child and her upbringing... I think it's a bit much to assume he's asking for a videogame babysitter to occupy his illiterate child.

I came to this thread because _I_ just picked up a DS for _my_ 6 yr old daughter and was hoping for more constructive discussion instead of people focusing on his daughter learning to read... my guess is most of you don't have kids, think your friends' kids make you qualified to speak, or have long-since blurred the ability/age connection associated with your kids at that age... 6 yrs old and not being a fluent reader is TOTALLY normal... visit your kid's school for an afternoon if you need a wake-up call. Not to mention that a majority of the games geared at that age group are total garbage.

Thank you for those of you that suggested games... to those that made "teach your daughter to read" comments, parent your OWN children.