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It could be worse, #1: when my nephew was 4, I built him a house in Minecraft creative mode. And then I hid a lot of TNT below the house; they’d be triggered by the pressure plate near the door. (inb4 it’s common to put a pressure plate near doors in Minecraft, so they open automatically.) He entered the house, and “tttssssssBBOOOOOMMM!”. He started crying. My sister (his mum) was nearby, and begun laughing, then the kid got to cry harder. I wanted to surprise the kid, not to scare him! (Thankfully I kept a copy of the world before rigging the house with TNT. As I loaded the copy he calmed down.)
It could be worse, #2: when I was 16, one of my cousins was 8. I was into a game we mocked as “Paint Online” (Tibia, a MMO). He was learning the ropes of the game, barely out of the beginners’ island. Some random afternoon, he phones me, crying: “[my nickname]!!! HELP MEEEEE!!! I lost my worms, I lost my fishing rod, I lost EVERYTHING!!!”. He died in the game, lost his items, and he was literally crying! I had to stop everything I was doing, log into the game, get a fishing rod + a full stack of worms from my depot, some random food, and give to the kid. Otherwise he would not leave me bloody alone.
You should be able to manage that…
Yeah, children having a fight over something not immediately relatable to an adult bystander, how arcane! And it’s about computer things, so that should absolve me of any responsibility as a parent.
Digital assets have such an emotional hold on people.
I think the not knowing how to parent part was a joke. Parenting is always figuring out how to navigate whatever new problem your kids are having, and if your kids are playing Minecraft together they definitely have an parenting experience mediating in-game disputes
No different than if one child messes up the Lego build that another built. This is nothing new, only digital. Typical sibling annoyance.
Struggling to parent this issue is just showing signs of being a shitty parent.
You tell them to knock it off and teach one child to have empathy and care for others by thinking of how they’d feel if someone messed up something they built.
Sometimes you could also just chalk it up to kids being kids, so long as it isn’t constant.
But to be honest, at these ages, the 5 year old probably doesn’t fully understand. Just need to put some limits and maybe have them stay in their own sandbox in the game for now.
Make it a learning opportunity; teach them come up with a solution. Kill the excess, or make a pen and leaf them into it, that kind of thing.
Sword with looting and fire aspect. Enjoy your leather and cooked steak.
Send the kids to the mines, they’ll love it
I mean it is good that he doesn’t want to just indiscriminately wipe out the population of housed cows
Hey! Get those cows out of your brother’s Minehouse, okay buddy? And tell your brother you’re sorry! And don’t do it again! Leave your brother’s Minehouse alone, got it?
Yeah, Minecraft, whatever, just knock it off.
Start by not having your 5 year old play video games, and certainly not online.
As a parent with a 5 year old, Minecraft has been very educational for her. She’s learned some brilliant spelling and keyboard skills, building hand-eye coordination, etc. plus Minecraft can be limited to just single player or private servers (I have a private server setup just for my family for example) so they won’t be interacting with inappropriate content or unvetted individuals
I’m much less happy about Fortnite for example, since that has random voice chat, is always online and forced Windows-only via anti-cheat
Maybe I’m parenting wrong, but my 5 year old has no idea what Minecraft is, let alone knows how to play it. The only video games she’s ever played is some Super Mario Bros 3 on a vacation once. She doesn’t even know how to do anything on our iPad except use the sketchpad app for drawing.
Some of my fondest memories as a young child are of playing video games with my older brothers. I’d love to let my kids have a similar experience with their siblings or parents. While there is nothing wrong with your style of parenting, there is also nothing wrong with letting them play video games as long as you’re being responsible.
And your style of parenting would be a lot harder if your 5 year old has older siblings.
Well that’s entirely your fault, not her’s.
Is there really fault at play here? I mean, is playing Minecraft a life skill that’s vital for a 5 year old to learn?
I think the /s was silent in the post you replied to…
Vital? No.
But as a kid fiting in can be quite important, and sometimes fitting in means playing the games the other kids are playing.
My kid fits in just fine. She has plenty of friends.
Minecraft gets even more confusing when your friend tells you he’s got to go fish for some bees.
You can fish for bees in vanilla? I thought that was my Modpack being a dick and ruining my relaxation and angry bee sometimes.
They play ATM10
Ah, you need a creeper!
Burn the house down, free steak
Minecraft also confuses me. I am using Minecraft Pocket Edition APK right now.
His computer is going to explode!
