I mean, I played games growing up. It was a big part of bonding with other kids my age (Minecraft!, I still play with my best friend after 15 years) and I wouldn’t want to miss out on that. Idk it’s possible there are predators out there but one nice thing about games is it’s mostly anonymous with no requirement to be on mic. I feel like…
I mean, I played games growing up. It was a big part of bonding with other kids my age (Minecraft!, I still play with my best friend after 15 years) and I wouldn’t want to miss out on that. Idk it’s possible there are predators out there but one nice thing about games is it’s mostly anonymous with no requirement to be on mic. I feel like competitive online gaming is mostly not a huge danger to age appropriate kids (probably teens). Younger kids could probably go on a Minecraft server or something with friends if you knew who was on there.
It just seems like everything within balance. You have these teen girls getting mental health issues from TikTok — seems like in a lot of ways social media is more prone to predatory behavior and addiction. People are sharing images of themselves and stuff. Games can be a hyper stimulus but are less toxic in this regard. I also think that other commenter is right, I grew up in a street car suburb where playing outside was still something we did, and for most of my childhood I was sharing the computer / Wii with the rest of my family and my mom would kick me off.
I grew up at the dawn of youth social media and would rate that as waaaaaaaay waaaaaaaay way more harmful to my generation than video games. My relationship to video games is mostly positive. But I’ve never been too addicted to them.
Cool. Yes sharing one desktop computer was “better” I guess. Now everyone in the family has screens and retreat to their rooms and isolate themselves from others. The online games are an easy place for predators to hang out, and even Minecraft has Sexual content. Just ask the kids, they know! My point is that too much gaming is not healthy for young brains, too much time spent in front of a screens means our kids are missing out on other more valuable developmental activities and socialization. Just my opinion!
Hilarious. This whole comment thread reads like a joke.
Listen lady, there’s all sorts of weird shit online. This is like saying ‘Frozen isn’t appropriate for my boys, they make Elsa porn, all the kids know about it’.
The reality is there’s all kinds of inappropriate content online. I’m not a parent, I don’t know exactly how to navigate this. I’m all in favor of things like no smartphones before high school etc. But the simple reality is your kids are going to be in middle and high school at some point and you won’t be able to prevent them from accessing the internet. If they are able to download and install a ridiculous Minecraft ‘sex mod’ they can and will be looking at internet porn as well.
Part of growing up is slowly experiencing all of these kinds of things. Have a conversation with yours sons about your values and expectations. I never got into super age inappropriate stuff because my parents were honest with us about stuff we might see online and I didn’t go looking for things I wasn’t interested in seeing.
Certainly nobody was installing Minecraft sex mods. This is the best selling game of all time — and these days Microsoft are total nazis about moderating the content. Maybe your kids are obsessive and can’t handle video games, but they are a big part of the culture. I’d say for non degenerate children a little bit of access to video games with limits is likely fine. I’m still friends with people from childhood who I got to know playing good wholesome Minecraft.
I mean, I played games growing up. It was a big part of bonding with other kids my age (Minecraft!, I still play with my best friend after 15 years) and I wouldn’t want to miss out on that. Idk it’s possible there are predators out there but one nice thing about games is it’s mostly anonymous with no requirement to be on mic. I feel like competitive online gaming is mostly not a huge danger to age appropriate kids (probably teens). Younger kids could probably go on a Minecraft server or something with friends if you knew who was on there.
It just seems like everything within balance. You have these teen girls getting mental health issues from TikTok — seems like in a lot of ways social media is more prone to predatory behavior and addiction. People are sharing images of themselves and stuff. Games can be a hyper stimulus but are less toxic in this regard. I also think that other commenter is right, I grew up in a street car suburb where playing outside was still something we did, and for most of my childhood I was sharing the computer / Wii with the rest of my family and my mom would kick me off.
I grew up at the dawn of youth social media and would rate that as waaaaaaaay waaaaaaaay way more harmful to my generation than video games. My relationship to video games is mostly positive. But I’ve never been too addicted to them.
Cool. Yes sharing one desktop computer was “better” I guess. Now everyone in the family has screens and retreat to their rooms and isolate themselves from others. The online games are an easy place for predators to hang out, and even Minecraft has Sexual content. Just ask the kids, they know! My point is that too much gaming is not healthy for young brains, too much time spent in front of a screens means our kids are missing out on other more valuable developmental activities and socialization. Just my opinion!
Minecraft does no have sexual content lmao
Yes it does. Strange you don’t know about Minecraft Sex mods. All the kids know about it.
Hilarious. This whole comment thread reads like a joke.
Listen lady, there’s all sorts of weird shit online. This is like saying ‘Frozen isn’t appropriate for my boys, they make Elsa porn, all the kids know about it’.
The reality is there’s all kinds of inappropriate content online. I’m not a parent, I don’t know exactly how to navigate this. I’m all in favor of things like no smartphones before high school etc. But the simple reality is your kids are going to be in middle and high school at some point and you won’t be able to prevent them from accessing the internet. If they are able to download and install a ridiculous Minecraft ‘sex mod’ they can and will be looking at internet porn as well.
Part of growing up is slowly experiencing all of these kinds of things. Have a conversation with yours sons about your values and expectations. I never got into super age inappropriate stuff because my parents were honest with us about stuff we might see online and I didn’t go looking for things I wasn’t interested in seeing.
Certainly nobody was installing Minecraft sex mods. This is the best selling game of all time — and these days Microsoft are total nazis about moderating the content. Maybe your kids are obsessive and can’t handle video games, but they are a big part of the culture. I’d say for non degenerate children a little bit of access to video games with limits is likely fine. I’m still friends with people from childhood who I got to know playing good wholesome Minecraft.