> Whew, thanks for that, Dan; sorry if I came off as if I was
> superior because reading is a priority for me, Dave. I
> saw my 9 year old son, this fathers' day. He wasn't
> interested in the soccer or volley balls I got him and just
> wanted to play DS Mario, so I spent most of my visitation
>
Dave wrote:
>Very true, and if I fail as a parent, it is in showing too much interest in
>the world my son inhabits, rather than following the model of generations
>past and bending him to my will!
My wife and I, and our grown children, have talked about how we (and in
general our generation) hav
On Jun 19, 2012, at 12:17 AM, Charlie Bell wrote:
> Also, "When I was a lad, I spent my evenings coding online-worlds and
> communicating with people all over the planet, and my son seems to spend his
> days doing $thingthathasntbeeninventedyetin2012 and I think he's missing
> out…" Maybe? :-)
On 19/06/2012, at 4:56 PM, Dave Land wrote:
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>
> I think the one who owes an apology is me: I am more
> ambivalent about my own and my son's gaming than I let on.
>
> I'm delighted that, through gaming, Ryan has developed an
> interest (and no small skill) in programming. He's learned
> en
