{"id":129316,"date":"2024-11-23T22:14:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T15:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129316"},"modified":"2024-11-23T22:14:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T15:14:05","slug":"asking-eric-nephew-only-wants-to-play-video-games-on-family-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129316","title":{"rendered":"Asking Eric: Nephew only wants to play video games on family vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NZYG4Q4ERNF6HM7LJNLH4CSPWY\"><b>Dear Eric: <\/b>We live on a lake and love hosting our great-nieces and nephews on school breaks and the entire family on vacations. My husband and I have no children. Our niece\u2019s families are dear to us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7PW6N44KANHVXCTRJFZ5BMA6PU\">Our 11-year-old great-nephew has been gaming now for about a year. When he comes to visit, instead of reading, playing cards or board games with us, like in the past, he wants to disappear with his video games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7QE344BIP5F4NM3TGKQV4HPZGQ\">We feel vacated. How do we navigate this with his parents who think his being on a video gaming team at school is awesome and I think it is a bad omen? What is a fair place of compromise and balance?<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JEDT73ZOBRG4LLMSGXRMMYYLRE\"><i>\u2013 Game Off<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WXIJRLBZQRGPBL4OKRQBAOZ6FQ\"><b>Dear Game Off: <\/b>Let his parents parent their child. The other night I re-watched the movie \u201cNetwork\u201d from 1977 (stay with me here; it relates). In it, a character in his 60s dismisses a character played by a young Faye Dunaway by saying \u201cshe\u2019s the television generation. She learned life from Bugs Bunny. The only reality she knows is what comes to her over her TV set.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"INVQ7NEB2NF5JBESAQZSC7J77U\">Every generation has anxieties about the ways that technology is changing social interactions or altering the minds of the generations below. While some of those concerns are valid, those of Faye Dunaway\u2019s generation (now in their 70s and 80s) would argue that they\u2019ve managed to stay quite well-rounded, despite (and often with the aid of) TV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"R44S6GB3ENBH5K4HCGHENWZNQ4\">In moderation, video games have been shown to improve a child\u2019s cognitive function and working memory. While your great-nephew\u2019s gaming might not be your choice, it\u2019s important that you not seek to undermine the research and thinking that his parents have done about it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZUEG34NETFDSFLT4CVA6GPXUXY\">What you\u2019re really yearning for is a sense of togetherness as a family, so try talking to your niece and her spouse about group activities you can plan to meet your great-nephew where he is. And don\u2019t be afraid to pick up a controller and ask him to show you the ropes.<\/p>\n<section class=\"Stories-By-Author-module_wrapper__ezbcK Stories-By-Author-module_al__w--mX\"\/>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MGSZK3STIZHONCTFYF5C6L2C4M\"><b>Read more <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/staff\/rethomas\/posts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Asking Eric<\/b><\/a><b> and <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>other advice columns.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YEQ6JVV3GFA4VCWLA27RNXEUNE\"><i>Send questions to R. Eric Thomas at <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/advice\/2024\/11\/mailto:eric@askingeric.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>eric@askingeric.com<\/i><\/a><i> or P.O. Box 22474, Philadelphia, PA 19110. 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