Rent a video game player at a local video rental store. Fathers need to be active role models for their daughters and sons too. Purchase software that appeals to the individual child. Girls tend not to be interested in monsters and violence. They are more likely to want to the use the computer to accomplish a goal like writing a paper, creating a graphic, composing music, or playing a video game converting the bad guy to the good guy.
Girls enjoy playing cooperatively.
Provide opportunities for them to play with their girlfriends. Boys get pleasure from using the machine itself and much of the software is created with them in mind. Introduce girls and boys to technology at as young an age as possible. Simple low-cost Electronic Learning Aids or toys are available for very young children. If an interest does not develop, let it go for awhile.