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I banned my kid from Roblox.... what next?
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this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2023
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I would just talk to your kid and listen to his feelings and wants. What does he enjoy about Roblox? Can he find that enjoyment with some other games? Does he understand that its not a punishment, e.g. it's not anything that he did and that you aren't blaming him? Sure, you can suggest a few alternatives and they might take and be fun, but you'll need to be attuned to his feelings around what he might see as a punishment for something that he did so that he doesn't internalize it and hurt the relationship you have with him.
yeah this should be the immediate next step. The kid shouldn't feel punished. It shouldn't be a "you're not allowed because I said so." Kids can be smart and might be able to understand why Roblox is exploitative.
At least this is a better reason to take a way a kid's video game. My parents banned me from certain games/movies because they had positive depictions of black people.
Holy crap, that's nuts. Are they KKK or something?
no, just very idiosyncratic white American racists. I don't even know where they got it from. My grandparents weren't racists and my parents never listened to Rush Limbaugh or anything.
Maybe they got it from fox news?
Nah, they don't watch that either. They're very detached and only watch football or movies with Humphrey Bogart. My best guess is they felt some kind of resentment their whole lives because they were always the poorest ones out of their siblings. All my aunts and uncles formed businesses or got moderately wealthy, whereas I grew up on the lower middle side of that spectrum. And that turned into standard American racism.
Watch professional sports where over half of the participants are not white. LMAO
Yeah and you wouldn't believe how many slurs they scream during an average game
This is amazing advice! Saving it for when I have a kid.