Some of my best times with my friends is LAN parties as well as going together at demo parties, traveling, coding together.
Frankly, a ban on videogames is stupid as hell. Even today on discord and over the network, it?s stil entirely unlike social media.
/smh
Moderation with video games is hard for young people. Same for social media. That's why I mentioned it.
And, I wasn't suggesting a ban on video games.
My current strategy has been steering him towards games that require a bit of thinking - like Kerbel Space Program, flight simulators, Kings Quest, etc. He gets to play a little Roblox as well, but only in very small doses. I have to help him a lot with them right now, but once he starts reading I'm hoping he'll choose these types of games on his own. In the warmer months this is easier to manage because he loves playing outside, but it can sometimes be challenging in winter.
Until a major of parents remove access, this will always be the problem.
Btw, I had the same issue with games and my son. I could not let him play, but then he wouldn't have had access to the sole socialization his peer group had. Both decisions were bad, but one was worse. Letting him play video games was the least bad choice. Interestingly, we've had discussions about this, now that he's an adult and (I believe) he agrees with this analysis.