Category: The Neophyte
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How to Actually Connect With a Gaming-Obsessed Teen (From Someone Who Was Losing His Kids)
Let me tell you what doesn’t work when you’re trying to connect with a kid who lives online: I know because I tried all of it. My kids were slipping into virtual worlds I didn’t understand, and the harder I fought to pull them back, the further they drifted. Every conversation about “getting offline” became…
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5 YA Books That Bridge Gaming and Reading (For the Kid Who Says They Hate Books)
“I don’t like reading.” That’s what my kids told me. Not because they couldn’t read, but because nothing on the shelf felt as engaging as the worlds they explored in games. Fair point. So I went looking for books that could compete with Fortnite and Minecraft for their attention. Books that understood gaming culture, that…