Re: Video games v. other activities

On Jun 19, 2012, at 12:17 AM, Charlie Bell wrote:

> Also, "When I was a lad, I spent my evenings coding online-worlds and communicating with people all over the planet, and my son seems to spend his days doing $thingthathasntbeeninventedyetin2012 and I think he's missing out…" Maybe? :-)

Yes, yes, and HELL YES!

I've been trying to formulate this as well as you did for the duration of this thread.

I was going to go backwards:

"When I was a boy, I spent my evenings banging rocks together to make sharp spear and burning the meat of my prey with fire. But look at kids today, using this newfangled 'language' to 'talk' to each other. I think they're missing out on the simple joys of basic survival."

> I think one of the most important things growing up is to have parents who both take an interest in what we do enjoy and encourage us to try new things. If there's a bit more of the former it's not the end of the world.

Very true, and if I fail as a parent, it is in showing too much interest in the world my son inhabits, rather than following the model of generations past and bending him to my will!

Dave