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I am a gamer dad too. This is something I worry about. I have been playing Minecraft with my son but he is learning about these other games.

I have been using some of similar messaging to smoking and saying things like that playing too many video games will destroy the health. Of course, I am not a good role model when it comes to living healthy lifestyle. And kids probably don't even understand what health really means.

How does one protect their kids against these predatory practices?



Saying we don’t play the casino scam works pretty good here.

Like strict zero money after buying the game. Not on custom skins not on early access characters. We just don’t .

Just don’t give the money and don’t argue about details.

Alternatively, that one custom skill gets unlocked after getting a good grade at the end of the year or for birthday/Christmas/whatever.


> I am not a good role model

Maybe fix that?




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