RE: Finding the Right Educational Path for our Family: How I Ended up Helping to Start Katuah Sudbury School
thankyou, thankyou, thankyou for sharing. what a wonderful, inspiring project and what wonderful, inspiring words about gaming! with three boys, quite a lot of fiddling with gaming devises goes on in my house and indeed not a lot of singing soft, sweet songs in a circle! i am glad the gaming passes. my boys all have lots and lots of other interests, but gaming is a love and passion too. i have no interest or understanding in it, but i respect their right to choose how they want to spend their time. i just keep introducing new and fun creative options to involve in their lives too. i imagine that they are getting something out of gaming that will serve them in the future and that perhaps is something i will never understand. i accept that i, personally ,don't know everything. i encourage them to find their own way in life. sounds like you do too.
OH, and I meant to tell you there is a great article from Yes! Magazine about gaming. It's from maybe 10 years ago. I'm sure you could find it.
Thanks. I will have a read.
Oh, I'm so glad to hear that! I'm glad it was helpful. It was a long journey for me, but I found as I watched them play that they really were getting a lot out of it. I'm not a gamer either, so I don't really get it, but I know they get something. It's awesome you respect them choosing their path. I find that with my younger two, having finally really let go of the inner battle, they way often prefer playing other games and playing outside to any screen. Sometimes when they're being crazy and dangerous (my 5 yo is a piece of work), I'll try to talk them into sitting still and watching a movie or playing on the tablet, and of course they totally resist that. "Leave us alone, mommy. We are happily playing!" It's all about independence and the power struggle.