Comments on: Warcraft Teens: Finding A Raiding Guild That Fits http://wowgrrl.com/2007/07/10/warcraft-teens-finding-a-raiding-guild-that-fits/ A Horde Girl's Adventures in World of Warcraft Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:55:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Rizzo http://wowgrrl.com/2007/07/10/warcraft-teens-finding-a-raiding-guild-that-fits/comment-page-1/#comment-1362 Rizzo Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:11:52 +0000 http://wowgrrl.com/2007/07/10/warcraft-teens-finding-a-raiding-guild-that-fits/#comment-1362 My 9yr old daughter likes to watch me play, and I've even made a char for her but she doesn't like playing alone (I couldn't help but chuckle at that since its a MMORPG)... Unfortunately its not worth it for me to have a 2nd account to play 'with' her, so I sit next to her and control the movement with the mouse while she hits the combat keys and reads the quests. Needless to say she has improved reading/writing/imagination in school because of it.... go figure. I've seen her ignore tells/group chat/says/guild chat because so much is going on, so I'm not too worried what's going on there just now as she's just focussed on how 'pretty' the game is and taking out 'bad guys'. :) I think for us its more of a thing to do together. We even play some PS2 games with her (always try to check that its a 2-player game that's about her speed so that we have stuff to do together when its not a good time to go outside or do other things). Again, everything in moderation, and if the kid is advanced enough to participate in upper guild stuff, voice chat, raids, etc... then they should be treated as such, but like everything, it can be taken away by parents or /gremoved if gotten out of hand.... I remember when I was a teen and all we had were text adventure MUDs and the like... we had 1200 baud modems and BBS's, and that was the way we liked it! LOL... Needless to say I remember being excluded from some of the 'adult' banter, but included with some of the other game stuff as they got to know me. Good thing about a screen dividing you is that you can get away with being as old as you act! ;-) My 9yr old daughter likes to watch me play, and I’ve even made a char for her but she doesn’t like playing alone (I couldn’t help but chuckle at that since its a MMORPG)… Unfortunately its not worth it for me to have a 2nd account to play ‘with’ her, so I sit next to her and control the movement with the mouse while she hits the combat keys and reads the quests. Needless to say she has improved reading/writing/imagination in school because of it…. go figure.

I’ve seen her ignore tells/group chat/says/guild chat because so much is going on, so I’m not too worried what’s going on there just now as she’s just focussed on how ‘pretty’ the game is and taking out ‘bad guys’. :) I think for us its more of a thing to do together. We even play some PS2 games with her (always try to check that its a 2-player game that’s about her speed so that we have stuff to do together when its not a good time to go outside or do other things).

Again, everything in moderation, and if the kid is advanced enough to participate in upper guild stuff, voice chat, raids, etc… then they should be treated as such, but like everything, it can be taken away by parents or /gremoved if gotten out of hand….

I remember when I was a teen and all we had were text adventure MUDs and the like… we had 1200 baud modems and BBS’s, and that was the way we liked it! LOL… Needless to say I remember being excluded from some of the ‘adult’ banter, but included with some of the other game stuff as they got to know me. Good thing about a screen dividing you is that you can get away with being as old as you act! ;-)

]]> By: Cicatrice http://wowgrrl.com/2007/07/10/warcraft-teens-finding-a-raiding-guild-that-fits/comment-page-1/#comment-1361 Cicatrice Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:53:59 +0000 http://wowgrrl.com/2007/07/10/warcraft-teens-finding-a-raiding-guild-that-fits/#comment-1361 Excellent post, if I had younger friends or siblings interested in WoW, I'd point them to it. Its also probably important for the kid to talk to their parent about raiding/their raiding schedule and try to have them understand exactly what raiding is: a team sport. Some kids have the time to raid, but their parents do not understand that there are anywhere between 9 to 39 other people depending on their childs timeliness. So raid times should be technically be treated like a sport; no parent would run out onto the soccer field screaming at their kid to take out the trash, would they? Not that real world responsibilites take precedence over Warcraft, it just seems like many parents don't frasp exactly what it is their kids are doing. And like a sport, Warcraft can be taken away if the child isn't oing so well in school, neglecting real world responsibilites. Rambled, but yeah. :) Excellent post, if I had younger friends or siblings interested in WoW, I’d point them to it.

Its also probably important for the kid to talk to their parent about raiding/their raiding schedule and try to have them understand exactly what raiding is: a team sport. Some kids have the time to raid, but their parents do not understand that there are anywhere between 9 to 39 other people depending on their childs timeliness. So raid times should be technically be treated like a sport; no parent would run out onto the soccer field screaming at their kid to take out the trash, would they? Not that real world responsibilites take precedence over Warcraft, it just seems like many parents don’t frasp exactly what it is their kids are doing.

And like a sport, Warcraft can be taken away if the child isn’t oing so well in school, neglecting real world responsibilites.

Rambled, but yeah. :)

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