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I think new thread is a good idea. We could have children-focused suggestions and discussion on what do they play and if it's ok or not. I think a lot of Evo members have kids.I was thinking to create a new thread about it but before doing so I would like to ask all fellow EvoWeber's if they have children
From my perspective - it will not be easy for you to push your child towards something else. And it's mainly down to their friends. If they play Roblox and Fortnite and stuff like this - your child will want to play them as well to "stay in the loop". Sometimes even if they don't particularly like the games.
My little one is 9 and for the moment she is not very interested in any Online games. But she does play silly games that her friends play. "Singing monsters" would be good example. Her friends play it, so she does too. And she is googling how to breed specific monsters and collects gems and diamonds and whatnot. Brainless game, but aimed at kids so they can chat and show each other their monsters. Typical "Sticker Collecting" mutation.
Now - my little one also loves old school Nintendo games. There is SNES emulator on Google Play store and you can download Nintendo ROMs from many websites.
She loves Super Mario World, Super Mario World Yoshi Island, Donkey Kong 1,2,3.
They are very difficult games for today's standards and she was asking me the other day why is it so difficult, coz she couldn't beat first boss.
I told her that games used to be much harder and this is an old game. They were teaching patience and were much more rewarding when you finally succeeded. About half an hour later I heard a scream of joy and she ran to me to tell she beat it.
Best way to 'convince' a child to play something else is to pick their interest to a point where the child brings it to his/her friends and it becomes new topic of discussion.