Anonymous wrote:My private school kid plays Roblox with his friends but has never mentioned guns 🤷‍♀️

+1 at our small private. However, DS's same-age cousin, who goes to a well-regarded public school, is obsessed with guns and physical games that involve pretend shooting, ninja chopping, etc. According to his mother, this is very typical recess behavior for the boys in his grade. If true, it suggests that this type of thing is very school dependent.

My private school kid plays Roblox with his friends but has never mentioned guns 🤷‍♀️

Anonymous wrote:Read The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. Please.

Roblox is a game. It’s social media not games that are causing the problems. Instagram with girls as young as 12 years old filtering their faces and editing their bodies to create curves that aren’t there. Lonely teens looking at pictures of parties on Instagram they aren’t invited to. Snapchat screenshots sent to the whole school. The newest apps are more focused on dating for teens, meeting new people and meeting up.

My kids play video games, Mario Kart, Roblox. My son, 15, is happiest with a close friend, a girlfriend or alone. He hates crowds and parties so I’m fine with his love of video games. He’s not on instagram or TikTok or any of them.

What’s more concerning are the social Apps that involve meeting strangers. I’m trying to prepare my preteen daughter on what is appropriate and what isn’t. What’s fake and what’s real. What’s dangerous. What’s inappropriate for age.

It is very normal to be talking about Roblox and Fortnight. There’s no talk of guns from the kids in our area. Probably because none of them have ever seen a gun and it’s not an interest to them.

I’m not sure what age is typical for these games but the games are common.

Must be poor white trash

7 is way too young for fornight. I’d argue there’s never a good time for it but 7 is absurdly young for that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your kid must hang out with riff raff

This is public school

My public school DS7 likes a game every few weeks or so but playdates never involve screens. Hasn’t been a problem so far.

Oh my

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your kid must hang out with riff raff

This is public school

Ignore this poster. They are everywhere spewing hate. Must suck to be them.

Read The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. Please.

Anonymous wrote:An Apple Watch and an iPad are not one and the same.
Yes most elem kids have some type of screen they plan play games on.
You don’t have to allow your kid but your kid may get left out of the chatter..
prioritize.
My kid got an iPad at 9 and a phone at 11 ( starting MS) there are restrictions we put in place at 9 we still have in place at 12.

I did not say they are one and the same, but I put both under screen/electronics that I wouldn’t want to give to a younger child.

I said no screens until about 3, and then very low screen after that. My sibling struggled with electronics addiction and still does. Video games are inevitable but I can delay and let him develop his other interests in the meantime and hope for balance.

Anonymous wrote:Your kid must hang out with riff raff

This is public school

An Apple Watch and an iPad are not one and the same.
Yes most elem kids have some type of screen they plan play games on.
You don’t have to allow your kid but your kid may get left out of the chatter..
prioritize.
My kid got an iPad at 9 and a phone at 11 ( starting MS) there are restrictions we put in place at 9 we still have in place at 12.

Your kid must hang out with riff raff

I feel like this is all that gets talked about when I invite boys over from DS7’s class. Is this typical, or have we just not found a different crowd yet? We are pretty low screen and have not given in to the wishing for video game / Apple Watch / iPad yet. I am hoping we can stay off those things for another few years but maybe I am not being realistic here.