Good for you to deny the video games. I was lucky to find a man who didn't play video games or do online gaming. We still have little kids and I've wondered about the extended relatives issue. Curious, did you allow your sons to play video games at something like a family holiday (2-4x/year)? I've been contemplating how I can help improve our larger family culture (our extended families) without passive-aggressively complaining or being a Karen about things like screens, junk food, hitting, etc.
We have found that we see those families so rarely that it's ok and easy enough to say yes to things that don't fly in the face of our deeper values. So, yes to Mario Kart, no to shooter games. Yes to cookies, no to energy drinks. Make sense?
Good for you to deny the video games. I was lucky to find a man who didn't play video games or do online gaming. We still have little kids and I've wondered about the extended relatives issue. Curious, did you allow your sons to play video games at something like a family holiday (2-4x/year)? I've been contemplating how I can help improve our larger family culture (our extended families) without passive-aggressively complaining or being a Karen about things like screens, junk food, hitting, etc.
We have found that we see those families so rarely that it's ok and easy enough to say yes to things that don't fly in the face of our deeper values. So, yes to Mario Kart, no to shooter games. Yes to cookies, no to energy drinks. Make sense?
Yes, that totally makes sense. Thank you!