Homeschooling and Video Games: Why This Mom Isn’t Afraid
October 17, 2019How do you feel about video games for your kids? Before I had children, I swore that none of my children would ever play video games. My oh my, how times have changed! What was I worried about? I thought they were too addictive, too violent, and too anti-social. But now, I have a whole different theory. Why do I let me homeschooled son play video games? How does homeschooling and video games fit together?ย Video games are social. One of the things I was most worried about with video games before I had kids was that it would cause…
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