Bakedbrown1e

Interesting approach. For what little anencdotal accounts are worth I was constantly reprimanded for gaming as a kid and I think it screwed my self esteem for a long time (and didn't stop me gaming). This sounds like a much healthier approach. Would be super interested to read your research when it's done.

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Tl;dr wish I'd had a teacher like you at school!

Also just thinking out loud but might be worth screening for depression/abuse in the kids coming to the club.

I think really taking the time to understand why they game would help. People's reasons vary but I think feeling judged and not understood makes things harder. I used to play MMOs because in part I was lonely and I made friends on them and in part because the worlds were so much interesting and more predictable than real life.

That said they might just have an active interest in gaming, in which case you could channel them towards exploring the more productive side of gaming e.g. Learning to code or game design, (even pro gaming is a viable profession for a lot of people but I think that's harder to wrap your head round as a parent)

How do you manage the risk/presence of addiction?

Anything to help someone have a better relationship with their kids :).

I've never used it but a quick search shows there's a subreddit r/parenting. Might be a good place to start.

Also could pose the question on r/askreddit

I imagine there will be lots of decent advice for dealing with this available on Reddit or other resources btw