My boys are ragers.
Its a youtube thing. They learned from watching these youtube gamers that screaming at the top of your lungs is okay when you game and the anger that it releases is expected. It isn’t expected by me or acceptable in any way. I’ve declared war on rage. When they rage the game goes off. If that doesn’t work the device goes away for a considerable cool down period. This is discipline more relevant in the Covid world. For them the game is all there is for an acceptable outlet. TV is filled with outdated media. Games and youtube is all they find fresh and interesting in a size they are wiling to consume.
I am having to adjust quickly to this changing world and I am learning about the changes every day from my kids. What I find the most interesting is that there is still a market for stories, but what kind and how to get them to their minds is the part to figure out.
Maybe that is less interesting than obvious.
Some Thoughts:
- I thought I was going to go through iteration four over the course of a year and I am learning that 365 is a construct that doesn’t fit. I’ll move to 5 when it happens naturally.
- Oddly, organic has become a staple of corpspeak. I dislike the word entirely.
- My son stayed up all night for his birthday. His goal is midnight to midnight and with just under 6 hours to go the young man is quite grouchy.
- Eye feels swollen and puffy to the touch. Screen strain?