Remember Bill Gates' rather thoughtless remark that Viva Pinata is a game for girls? Well, it seems now that his comment was sparked by his very own daughter.

Gates shared that her 10-year old daughter was not a hardcore gamer until this year when the young girl started at a school where students use tablet computers for virtually everything. While addressing a business audience in Ottawa, Gates shared,

She became very avid and discovered a lot of computer games, including one that runs on the Xbox 360 called Viva Pinata, where you take care of your garden. She could spend two or three hours a day on this Viva Pinata, because it's kind of engaging and fun.

Up to some age, to be determined, it's very appropriate for a parent to get a sense of what they're seeing out there and be able to have conversations about it. My son said, 'Am I going to have limits like this my whole life?', and I said, 'No, when you move away you can set your own screen limits'.