So my oldest son’s mother and I been going back and forth on our son playing video games. He’s 8 and I don’t mind him playing a couple hours when he’s inside the house solo or when his friends are over, I didn’t mind him playing shooters (he mainly played Fortnite), and when he plays online I never let him have a mic and I make sure the chat sound is off so he can’t hear other players. He also loves to play Minecraft and racing games. We also play co-op games together or passing controller back and forth with games like Minecraft, CoD, BF, and Fortnite. Now his mother (we have joint custody) says she only wants him playing for 30 mins a day and only playing kids games no shooters. She thinks video games hurt children’s development and shooters teach kids to be violent.
Now my son is a great kid. He makes straight A’s, never gets in trouble, is smart and respectful, also plays local sports like flag football and coach pitch (baseball). He understands it’s just video games and meant to have fun not to take it seriously or copy what he sees. I don’t mind him playing as long as he keeps up his grades and everything.
So I was curious those here at Union that have children, how do you handle video games with them? Or if they’re now older how did you handle it when they were younger?
Now my son is a great kid. He makes straight A’s, never gets in trouble, is smart and respectful, also plays local sports like flag football and coach pitch (baseball). He understands it’s just video games and meant to have fun not to take it seriously or copy what he sees. I don’t mind him playing as long as he keeps up his grades and everything.
So I was curious those here at Union that have children, how do you handle video games with them? Or if they’re now older how did you handle it when they were younger?
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