1 How to convince your family that video games are good – Shuo Li
Parents’ prejudice against games
Have you ever met parents who often say that you waste time playing games? Think you’re not doing your job, even if your grades are good?
Parents said: “the game will only let you indulge, will not let you grow up, what you should do now is to study hard.”
Although parents are right and reasonable, they also have a little prejudice against the game.
Parents learn from the news or newspapers that many children give up their studies or do poorly in their studies because of excessive addiction to games, so they will think that games are not what children should play. But in fact, the game itself will teach us some truth in life and even increase our insight and moral growth.
It’s just that children’s willpower is not enough, which leads to poor academic performance. The game itself is good.
How to change parents’ cognition.
Now, you have the opportunity to show your parents that games are not only entertainment products, but also can teach a lot of truth and enrich your emotions.
Please use the following methods to communicate the benefits of games with your parents. Follow these steps to try:
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First, find a good example of a video game and prepare the outline of the story.
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Second, use some pictures to chat with parents about the story of the game.
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Third, show your parents a meaningful part of the game and tell them what you think about it.
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Fourth, discuss similar topics with parents and make them interested.
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Fifth, prove to them that you have learned from it, and that games are entertainment and
you are learning from it.
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The last step is to recommend some games for parents to learn more about it.
A good game example to choose
Now many games, including interactive games, can clearly show the real feelings for the players and teach some truth. I highly recommend that you try “Detroit, be human” with your parents. This is a movie interactive game, in which the main story is about the equality between human and robot. It’s full of moral and life value expansion options. It’s very suitable for parents to play with their children in the early days. Besides entertainment, it can also be well educated. I believe that parents will change their prejudice against the game because of the good education it brings.