I am not a gamer myself. However I am not opposed to video games if they’re educational and used wisely. I even believe that they can help your child learn! I used to play a lot of video games when I was a child: “Civilization”, “The Incredible Machine”, “Sim City 2000” and other, less educational games.

Years later, at the University, I took part in a game researching project. Together with a team of fellow students, I went to the World Cyber Games, the Olympic of video games in Cologne, and interviewed gamers and their couches. I even got published!

Then I read a post called: “Ways Parenting Is Like A Football Game” (there are even several , here and here, just to name a few) and had a revelation: Parenting is also like a video game in some ways,

and here’s why.

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Olga is a Polish woman, living in the Netherlands with her German husband and three children. On her blog, she writes about the challenges and wonders of the expat life, but on BLUNTmoms, you will read her musings on parenting, people and life in general.

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