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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone watch Minimal Mom on YouTube? I’m a very casual viewer and she recently had a guest on from an org called Screenstrong. The guest basically said there is no healthy amount of video games and the more you delay or eliminate them (and smart phones), the better. She recommended getting the kid into an instrument. I laughed, but it’s true so far for me. Mine takes strings and between weekly lesson and daily practice, he isn’t really siting around to be able to bemoan the missing video games. [/quote]

My DS had no aptitude for musical instruments. His sister played and was really into it, but he was really into screens. Sometimes you can't easily control your kids' interests, so I think it's better to set reasonable guardrails/expectations.

I think those kids not into video games can be nerdy, but that's OK. We parent the kids we have, not the kids we would have preferred.

For the OP, start out with no video games, but do listen to your son and communicate with him about his needs. [/quote]

I dont think it has to be music. The point is to help your children find passions that aren’t based around video games and social media. Could be a sport, chess, robotics, math, whatever. [/quote]

Do you think kids who play video games can’t have other passions? Like if you play video games for a few hours per week you can’t play soccer and chess also?

Some of you are really out of touch. The stereotype of the weird basement gamer who can’t talk to girls is so outdated. Lots of athletic, popular boys play video games. [/quote]

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