Youthful Gamers Gifts

"Don't tell me... you hired a professional decorator!"

"This isn't exactly what I had in mind when I told you to go outside and play."

'I've told you it's not the old pencil and paper battleships.'

"Can you change this quiz grade from an A to a C? I like to keep expectations low until I blow my parents' mind by acing the final exam."

Baby Screen Time

Modern Day Kids Playing 'Telephone'

Between going to school, watching TV and doing my homework, I hardly have any quality time to spend with my doll.

"Until you clean you room, I'm confiscating your iPod, your Xbox and your jester!"

Modern Childhood

'Grown-ups sure make playing a lot of work.'

"I'm ready to play Hide and go Seek."

"I reached Level Three of Super Mario Brothers!"

Come to bed, Snookums. In a minute. Are you still playing Scrabble? And flaming my opponents. I just crushed an eight-year-old by 100 points and then told him his parents don't love him because he's illiterate! How nice you've found a hobby. I feel so nurtured.

We have your internet connection.

"But playing computer games help my. . . uh. . . dexterity, so I can do my school work better!"

Net Bubbie

'This?! This is the legendary fountain of youth that men have sought for centuries.'

"Grandma says cutting school used to require a hiding place and forgery."

"That corners's the children's special play area."

"3....2....1.....Coming, ready or not....."

'Close the chat room and start your homework or I'll pull the plug and switch you to America Off-line.'

"Mijo, just do what you always do before you write a paper...it's obviously working!"

'Billy loved to play with his computer'

'The staff seem to get younger and younger.'

Bring it on, Scrabble nerd! Want to tell him directly? What do you mean? There's a chat function so you can taunt other online Scrabble players. Just type in your insult and hit send. Have I died and gone to heaven? The internet. And I suspect it's met its match.

Kids in car play iSpy on tablets.

'I'm going down to the rock,paper,scissors room if anyone's looking for me.'

'The genius is that WiFi only stays on for seconds at a time.'

March of the Zoombies.

"So I think I'm going to do my college essay on 'Overcoming Adversity'."

Children trying to play table tennis

Arcade game strangling player after 'Game over'

'When you get done playing your video games can you go yell at your son to stop playing video games and clean his room?'

'Bad news! Your love line stops at your line of credit.'

"The sandbox has WiFi!"