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JN's avatar

This was incredibly special—thank you. I read some of these responses to my partner, and we found them so moving (especially Doug’s cooking adventures in BotW, but most importantly how much kids value gaming with their family and friends). It’s really sad to think about kids having to grow up during the pandemic and feel stigma around a medium that allows to safe socializing. But it makes me incredibly happy to see how thoughtfully kids think about these issues.

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Elizabeth's avatar

I love this! My daughter is 7 and really into Minecraft, Roblox, Among Us, Super Mario, and Crash Bandicoot. She LOVES watching youtubers too, especially the Krew. She wants to go to Canada to meet them!

I do worry about how much time she spends on screens, and now school is about to start again for the year (we're in Australia) so I'll be a bit more strict. It's tough though because I do a lot of *my* socialising on screens! But we've agreed that it'll be screens down at 6pm for both of us so we can have dinner together and read our books. Obviously once she's in bed what she doesn't know won't hurt her 😂

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