To think video games were teaching kids that the answers were out there somewhere so why should we do something that has already been done. It taught American kids to be lazy

There was a time in the early days of Nintendo when parents would go out get the mail open their letters, cards and bills then promptly turn around and scream at their children.

Why you ask? It’s really quite simple, the kids in their infinite wisdom decide that since they couldn’t find that mysterious seventh dungeon in “Zelda,” they call that number on the back of the their Nintendo - you know the one that asked kids to get their parents permission before calling?

There is nothing like racking up a $400 phone bill to boil parents’ blood. But really there wasn’t the only thing this so-called tip line taught children. It taught them that they could benefit from cheating. Taking the easy short way with out having to learn all of life’s hardships. And people wonder why there’s so much steroid use in pro sports.

Imagine when these children grow to become full-fledged adults, when they need a promotion do they think they can call some number to reach instant success? If that is true I need that number so I can finish up this degree already.

To think video games were teaching kids that the answers were out there somewhere so why should we do something that has already been done. It taught American kids to be lazy.

Now we have a nation where people won’t walk two blocks to get to the store. They must take a car, not even some form of public transportation, and heaven forbid they use a bike or something that requires physical activity to make it move. That would be too close to walking, and walking is what people did in George Washington’s time.

To think that the counselor’s hotline would be willing to sell the youth of America short by giving away all the secrets to video game’s tough questions. What would be next after they’ve given all that away for $6 a minute, excluding Canada? Would they be so daring to give the answer to the big questions it not the biggest question of all? Not in my day Nintendo, not in my day.

Not everything is for sale in life. I don’t know what country you live in but this is America. We don’t believe that everything is for sale—well at least not children’s souls—well maybe they are, if you’re the fast food industry or Wal-Mart or “High School Musical” or something like that - but that’s it, no one else can have it.

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