Tag: gaming
All the articles with the tag "gaming".
How Device Screens Sever Connection
I'd greeted a lot of parents dropping kids at my leagues, but never one who introduced her son the way Janet introduced William. What that moment revealed about how screens sever connection.
Strong Enough To Risk Failure
Why would a kid who knows how to catch the ball let it drop? What I learned about shame, resilience, and making it safe to try.
Cultivating Mental Toughness
How changing the way I talked to my boys helped them cultivate mental toughness.
Good for Who?
Well-meaning adults tell kids to follow their passion — but for a boy at risk of gaming obsession, that can backfire. The story of Nate, a top-100 Madden gamer whose mom asked me to help.
Show Me Who You Want To Be
Help your son build a healthy identity through video games by using curiosity to shine a light on his competence—the same way a baseball coach gives players a second chance to show who they are.
Pay For Your Games
Lately, the one recommendation I have been giving to parents the most is \"pay for your games.\" Why? Because you want to be the developers customer, not the fuel for their revenue model.
More Effective Than Controlling Screen Time
Controlling screen time may not get you the outcome you want for your kids. What coaching youth baseball — and showing up ninety minutes early — taught me about something more effective.
To Outrage, or Not to Outrage?
When I read something outrageous, my first instinct is to fire back. A friend's advice — and a few scathing diatribes I regret from my days as a young manager — taught me when not to.
Simple Rules for Video Games
I learned from baseball that simple rules can produce complex behaviors that are pretty smart under pressure. Here are my three simple rules for managing video game time.
How Does a Video Game End?
If you are a parent trying to end game time, one question you need to answer is, how does your child's game actually END?
The Gamers Are Coming
The companies that have a strategy to develop the generation of people who have never been on a team will capture an enormous advantage.
Create Team Engagement by Playing Together
A new breed of engaging cooperative video games can help your team work together better, because they get to practice achieving a common goal.