Thanks again for all the thoughts. And I agree, I don’t buy into the violent games = violent children/teens equation at all. It is more of a wanting to shelter them a bit from growing up TOO quickly… They don’t have access to a PC at home (mine is p/w protected), so they haven’t gotten into any You Tube stuff or anything yet. I’m probably pretty close to putting a computer in their room though so they can play some Steam games that I think are appropriate.
And yeah, kids are kids and will find a way…probably at a friend’s house.
It was funny because the night we had the big dust-up about it, Kai went up to his room, and I heard a bunch of thumps and bumps. Went upstairs a bit later to see he had put ALL of his Nerf guns, tanks, soldiers, etc…out in the hallway with a note that said: “If I can’t play Fortnite I shouldn’t be able to play with ANY gun stuff…”
Haha…smart as a whip that one…calling me out on my hypocrisy. I did call his bluff though and diligently piled all that stuff into my car until he asked for it back…LOL…
It’s like a Cold War…
