Back when I was a teenager I loved playing video games, mostly on the PC. Life happened and my passion dwindled to a couple of hours every other month, mostly around holiday season or when a new AAA title ships on a console, like Zelda, Mario or God of War. So far I've been playing only alone, after the kids go to sleep.

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My wife and I have two daughters, 5yo and almost 2yo. They almost never watch TV because apparently, it's not good for them. I'm totally on board with the &lt;2yo not watching cartoons. But from my point of view, for the 5yo it should be ok to have a short 30min interval where she can indulge in the Kids area on Netflix. As long as this doesn't end up creeping into hours, or goes on later than 7PM. That should also help with keeping quiet while the younger one has a nap or to pleasantly take off some burden while we're doing house chores. There's a lot to be learned for some series in there, like 'The Magic School Bus'.

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Now, since my wife is so anti-TV / cartoons, this is affecting my relationship with my 5yo, as we both want to play Mario or other kids video games together. We've played a bit over some weekends and she loves it. Only that after the fact I get into huge fights with my wife because: I'm destroying the kids’ imagination and their eyes! 

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I feel that this is not normal behaviour and most other families have no problem with kids playing a small amount of video games every now and then. My perspective is that as the child grows, some critical skills accrued whlie playing games are easily transferable towards other activities. Top most one being grit.

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Now, AITA for wanting to spend some time with my daughter playing video games every now and then? Did you happen to run into this problem in your life as a young parent? Any tips on how I could manage the situation, I think that sticking to facts is not the way to go, maybe more on a different level?

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THANKS!!