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[quote] Those of us in opposition are calling bullshit on that idea. Perhaps for some very small group, playing video games will translate into a serious interest in and understanding of computer programming. But for most of our kids, giving them iPads and iPhones and letting them play computer games and surf the internet will teach them exactly nothing except how to play video games, surf the internet, and chit-chat in chit-chatty rooms. And if you're lucky, they won't become completely addicted or accidentally run into freaky people.[/quote]

My 10 year old was upset because we wouldn't let him play online on public servers.

Guess what he did?

He went online and figured out how to build his own whitelisted minecraft server, set it up, and got his friends and cousins online so they could play together.

Then, he taught several of his friends how to build their own servers.

I can't do that.  My husband was the first to try and he gave up.  But our kid did, and so did a bunch of his 10-11 year old friends.

He is now working on learning basic coding.

The computer and online play gave him the bug.  Now he is taking it to the next level.

The progression is not just video games-facebook-instagram-selfies-nude selfies-internet porn.

There are a lot of different ways that screen time can evolve, and many of them are bridges to some really cool stuff.[/quote]

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