Hey at least it’s Minecraft and not Roblox I guess lol.
We let him have Roblox for one. single. day. before we had to delete it. He found a rainbow friends server or whatever and was driving us fucking nuts chasing us around making rainbow friends noises and telling us all about the different color friends. It was exhausting.
Buy him kerbal space program then ask why he hasn't landed on jool yet when he starts talking about Minecraft.
More boosters, kiddo!
Embrace it and encourage the conversation - it’s when they don’t tell you what they’re doing online and who they’re doing it with that you’ve got a problem
You're correct but you apparently don't know how exhausting it can be to listen to kids talking from the second they wake up until the very moment they fall asleep.
I am very bad at filtering input (especially sound and touch) and sadly the Christmas days, when daycare was closed, were complete torture for me.
I have had two. It is exhausting - parenting is hard work. One thing I found helpful was to put a positive spin on it whenever possible (not always possible!). If it’s any consolation I’ve found my memory wonderfully selective over the years - a few happy memories of then as babies for example, when I know for sure there was a lot of missed nights sleep and frustration. It’s also kind of satisfying when they get older and it looks like you didn’t do a bad job of it.
Hang in there!
I think every dad has this story. I remember having my boy talk at me for almost 10 hours straight. I was solo parenting during the pandemic. His mom got home, I served dinner, and he kept talking at me.
Somewhere in my mind, I thought, "His mom's home. He'll talk to her." Nope. I had a quiet explosion. My wife noticed and graciously turned conversation to her.
With that said, several years later, it's a delight to see how he's piecing information together in meaningful, insightful, and surprising ways. Still obsessed about a few things, but more interesting observations.
Just kids in general lol
He has a cousin that’s worse, so I guess I should count my blessings.
I remeber the “why” phase. “Son, bla bla”my kid: “why?” Because bla bla. Why? Because bla bla! Why?, rinse and repeat.
I always have more fun trying to answer the increasingly-non-sequitur "why"s (in increasing complexity) than they have asking them.
"Why is the sky blue?"
"Why?"
"Because air molecules are so small that they get in the way of the blue light and bounce it around."
"Why?"
"Because the other colors are big enough to get through."
"Why?"
"Because the things we see as 'colors' are just different wavelengths of light."
"Why?"
"Because it was evolutionarily advantageous for us to be able to distinguish between different objects by the wavelengths of light that they reflect."
"Why?"
"Partially because things that reflect some wavelengths are dangerous to eat, and others are healthy to eat, and we wouldn't know the difference based on the luminosity alone."
"Why?"
"Presumably because ripening and decomposing food doesn't undergo a visible physical change until long after it's already unsafe, but it changes color very quickly."
"Why?"
"Hmm. I think because the chemical processes that cause color changes and the chemical processes that accompany the growth of microorganisms tend to happen together."
They always tap out from boredom long before I do, and it's fun trying to figure out the super esoteric stuff. Besides, the "why"s are so unspecific that you can answer it for any part of the question.
You would prefer Roblox then?
Minecwaft!!!
