To steer children into becoming players who don’t use games to escape real life but instead become more confident, focused, social, and creative problem solvers, there is one thing no parent should ever do. “Do not shame your children about the games they play,” she said. That means never saying things such as “Stop wasting your time and do something real.” Trivializing a kid’s favorite video game will not get him or her to stop playing. It will only serve to “develop that escapist mind-set” by reinforcing the idea that their interests don’t matter and that games don’t have a connection with
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