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CynthiaCM's avatar

We’re into the second generation of gaming. The parents, especially dads, also grew up playing. My husband, who uses his PS5 to de-stress, has introduced Astrobot to our 6 year old son. He mostly watches but will play for a few minutes under strict supervision. Gaming can be good for hand-eye coordination (along with his piano playing). I just don’t want to lose my little boy to gaming.

Note: my cousin said he wanted to be a professional gamer when he was little. This was back in ‘94 so we just laughed it off, not realizing that it’s a real career. He ended up working in tech, but not in the gaming world.

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Tom Golden's avatar

Great stuff Jennifer. Thank you. The sad reality is that gaming is one of the last places where masculinity and winning are acceptable. Many are trying to snuff this out, but boys can still enjoy competing/winning and losing. Want to de-emphasize gaming for boys? Create more highly masculine, male only areas of play for them where they can cuss, scream, put each other down as a masculinie sign of friendship without women telling them to be nice.

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