• TORFdot0@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Kids want to play the games their friends are playing more than what their parents play.

    I will play Fortnite and Roblox and Rocket League with my son and I’ve never had a skin or a battle pass and have tried to show him you can have fun with out wasting your money but that doesn’t stop a kids FOMO.

    Publishers know kids have undeveloped abilities to delay gratification and are susceptible to peer pressure

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      2 hours ago

      Yeah, for this reason i don’t plan to outright ban roblox and the like. I don’t want to be a fun-dictator.

      Its also important that kids learn to deal with the reality that these games/practices do exist around them, and at some age i wont be there to guide every decision.

      But there will definitely be “a talk” before i install anything remotely like it. Being capable of understanding the dangers is a requirement to get acces.