I'm kind of battling with my wife over this. We don't live within walking distance of any of my son's friends/ schoolmates. And he is an only child. So playing games online is his main way of socializing, as well as learning how to lead/ follow (teamwork stuff). To my wife it is simply 'screen time'... I've steered her to articles about the benefits, including reviews of a book recently written about the benefits, but nope -- games are a total waste of time and impair one's learning. Heh, did I mention my wife has an airbud in her ear whenever she is not teaching or taking classes, and it's so she can listen to old shows/ movies she is streaming on her iPad?
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She's already talking about ways to control my son's time when the new computer comes in, and how the threat of not being allowed to play can be used to force him to do other things around the house.
It's entirely blind regurgitation of things her mom would say decades ago, which were also said with very little actual insight. It's cool to some moms to tell each other how they prevent their kids from playing games, etc. Kinda a badge of honor among moms. Frankly I have not met any dads who were hung up over elementary school-aged kids playing games, as long as they completed their school work and helped out a little around the house.
Edit: Heck, I even know a guy who is/ was very high up in the marketing department at one of the gaming companies. He would do some of the initial demos, go to conferences, etc. He played games a LOT, as he needed to master them in order to put on the demos. He seemed pretty successful, and I think made out well when the company was purchased by a much bigger one. But even having a real life example still does not sway the wife.
