Well over the last school break I asked my kids to teach me to play Terraria. Lmao they were thrilled. It’s the one game they all play together & laugh & it can last for hrs.
My kids were excited except my son was leery bec over Xmas he tried to teach me PvZ game & I failed miserably!
This time I asked them to teach me with words. Normally I’d have trouble & they’d take the controller from my hands & fix it. I asked them not to do that for me, but talk me thru it.
I remember Atari. One joy stick & one button! Now there’s all these letters & triggers & my brain is just not fast like theirs plus they’ve been playing with these controllers for yrs.

Well, I do occasionally get asked to play now. I think it’s bec I do dumb stuff & fall down holes & get eaten by zombies. It is fun to be with them & share this. I’m just not a gamer, but I’m trying!

What I’ve noticed with my 3 kids....besides them all being so different, is how they view the word “sorry.”
My oldest won’t say it, never really has, is not empathetic & needs to be reminded to say “sorry. She’s 13yrs.
My 10yr old female is very empathetic, sensitive, but has a wide range of emotions. She’s learning that she can hurt someone with words, thinks about it & then comes back to apologize from her actions or words.
Youngest, 8yr old male, is sympathetic, empathetic, wont make eye contact, but I’ve noticed says “sorry” all the time even when it’s not needed. Gets nervous quickly & just repeats sorry sorry sorry bec he seems to worry & get nervous.
I’m sure I see things differently bec of my own MH issues & it makes me careful not to over react, but I worry about him the most.

Hopefully as he grows our bond will get closer. Guess I’m a typical parent with MH problems & constantly think I’m messing up especially when I see a bookstore shelf dedicated to a theme of “being raised with mentally ill parent(s).” I feel like I have to read it so I don’t make those mistakes, but I also feel I don’t wanto go down that rabbit hole.
I know I worry a lot.
Thanks!

PS. I’m wondering when I started this thread, after reading this again, if I was thinking about chivalry.
Do we as parents still teach chivalry bec in my research & reading some acts are now considered almost rude today. Maybe that’s what I was thinking about?
Thoughts?