Thursday, July 23, 2009

Obama: It\'s time to put away the Xbox

Surely President Obama is aware of the Wii and PS3 as well? In a recent speech, he characteristically stated that it's time to put away the Xbox literally. Obviously this has drawn questions as to why he didn't mention the other gaming platforms!

“We can’t tell our kids to do well in school and then fail to support them when they get home,” he said. “You can’t just contract out parenting. For our kids to excel, we have to accept our responsibility to help them learn. That means putting away the Xbox — putting our kids to bed at a reasonable hour. It means attending those parent-teacher conferences and reading to our children and helping them with their homework.


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