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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids like video games, especially 9yo DS.  We limit it to weekends and so far only play Minecraft and we got them a Nintendo Switch last year for Christmas, for which they have a handful of games.  Thought that would tide us over for a while but he keeps asking for Roblox, "all" his friends play, so he says, and he feels left out.  I've been really wary of Roblox due to the online aspect and the amount of game content to wade through.  Am I being unreasonable?  Is there a way to allow him to play select age-appropriate games safely with his friends?[/quote]

We have 3 kids, 2 girls 1 boy.  It's amazing how much more of an issue this is with boys.  We waited until late to allow video games (about 8-9 years old), and he did feel like an outsider a lot because of it.  In hindsight we should have allowed him just minecraft and some other basic games earlier.  It's a part of the culture and social life with boys.  We did eventually give into roblox, but we monitored the chat, and he can only play video games in the common areas of the house where we're always nearby to glance in on him.  No screens during the week and we do time limits on weekends.  Honestly, Roblox is trash, but he got really into it for 6 months or so then got sick of it.  He's back to mostly minecraft now because it's more engaging/interesting.  The way the games are made these days is to addict and manipulate, and that sucks.  It makes a lot of work for us parents.  However, for us the best course has been to take on the work of monitoring and trying to be flexible to let him try things within those boundaries.[/quote]

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