Navigating video game culture (boys)

[Anonymous]

10 year old came home from friends house close to tears after playing some roblox game about stabbing your dad with a fork. We had a long talk and now he understands why we have banned roblox from our house. I can't control him on playdates but I encouraged him to speak up if a game isn't fun. Sick.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are a lot of people confidently saying rubbish so I thought I would add my data point.

My son is not allowed videogames and has had no difficulty finding friends who have other interests too (sports primarily). He is a high achiever at school, socializes in person with family/friends and a committed athlete, there is simply no time for videogames.

Blah blah blah. Committed athlete😂. What is he nine years old.

It might break his heart to know that the top athletes and tech guys are majority gamers. They few up on Xbox and PlayStation. LeBron James is a high ranked on the Madden game. Mark Zuckerberg still plays video games and streams them.

I’m not sure why you’re trying to brag about how well a kid is doing because he doesn’t play video games when the majority of professional athletes and tech billionaires grew up on video games and continue the hobby.

You’re just clueless.

What’s clueless is your child growing up on video games and thinking that tech billionaires and professional athletes are more important role models than their own parents.

Nobody said anything about role models. This is for the posters who don’t know anything about video games and thinks they’re evil devil machines. The most successful men and some women who worked hard growing up and also relaxed while playing video games It refutes the claims that high tech will turn your child into someone who won’t be able to hold a job. It also says something positive about video games and the original gamers who are doing just fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are a lot of people confidently saying rubbish so I thought I would add my data point.

My son is not allowed videogames and has had no difficulty finding friends who have other interests too (sports primarily). He is a high achiever at school, socializes in person with family/friends and a committed athlete, there is simply no time for videogames.

Blah blah blah. Committed athlete😂. What is he nine years old.

It might break his heart to know that the top athletes and tech guys are majority gamers. They few up on Xbox and PlayStation. LeBron James is a high ranked on the Madden game. Mark Zuckerberg still plays video games and streams them.

I’m not sure why you’re trying to brag about how well a kid is doing because he doesn’t play video games when the majority of professional athletes and tech billionaires grew up on video games and continue the hobby.

You’re just clueless.

What’s clueless is your child growing up on video games and thinking that tech billionaires and professional athletes are more important role models than their own parents.

Nobody said anything about role models. This is for the posters who don’t know anything about video games and thinks they’re evil devil machines. The most successful men and some women who worked hard growing up and also relaxed while playing video games It refutes the claims that high tech will turn your child into someone who won’t be able to hold a job. It also says something positive about video games and the original gamers who are doing just fine.

You sound like a nutjob. You should learn to say no to your kids. They'll be better for it.