Minecraft - A Mother's View - Part One
I'm accustomed to Minecraft in the home. My eldest son, approaching is 10th birthday has been a minecraft player since the tender age of 3 and 3 quarters, by 5 a serious devotee, bordering on obsessive. His little brother, just turned 6 and is just as enthusiastic as his older sibling. This Saturday morning, like many before, I find the two of them sharing a perch on the same rickety office chair in front of the play station, dueling diamond swords in 2 player mode amidst a rising storm of raucou s battle banter. Boys will be boys, Whilst on the face of it this seems like typical macho, quasi-aggressive game play, I don't feel the usual pang of ‘guilt’ as I check my phone and realise they’ve been at this for 3 hours already ( and its not even breakfast yet) In-fact, my thoughts are quite the opposite, even in full battle, they’re exploring, failing and learning. When they’re not killing each other, but rather creating a world of pure imagination, that lea...
