re: All is not lost.

awesome! you're welcome. great edit btw, perfectly written post. redditors love shite like that

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Judge gets to his ruling and starts talking about how he's 52 and plays minecraft with his kids so much they complain he's hogging the console, says it's awesome i play mario and zelda with the kid, orders shared 50/50 custody.

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My eyes may have watered.

Congrats

My son (6) and I play games together a lot. We also play separately a lot because his mother and I are no longer together. It is a great connection between us, allowing for competition and cooperative play.
I find video games to be a tool (supposing you're not playing Doom and Resident Evil with a 6 yr old) to teach lots of lessons. In fact many of the games we have played have helped him find a desire to read. He partially learned to read playing Mario and other Nintendo games, his first books he chose were Pokémon or Mario related.

Basically I see gaming as a past time, and at times a mindless one (nothing wrong with that) but other times a way to connect with a child and help them grow.

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find video games to be a tool (supposing you're not playing Doom and Resident Evil with a 6 yr old) to teach lots of lessons. In fact many of the games we have played have helped him find a desire to read. He partially learned to read playing Mario and other Nintendo games, his first books he chose were Pokémon or Mario related.

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yea mine is in a stage now where he wants to play games with a lot of dialogue and im using it as motivation for him to learn to read faster. He started Kindergarten about 5 weeks ago.

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yea mine is in a stage now where he wants to play games with a lot of dialogue and im using it as motivation for him to learn to read faster. He started Kindergarten about 5 weeks ago.

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Just make sure he rakes and jumps in a pile of leaves, takes out the trash, cuts the grass, goes fishing, learns to scuba, maybe shoots some guns if you are inclined. Viedo Games didn't enter my life until around 16 (commodore LOL) but today's generation.....frick it I will not get into that here.

I am happy for you man and congratz.