My kids play Roblox every day. If you don’t have kids 5-12 years old, or live in a screenless void, Roblox is a platform made of millions of user-created games. Theory: kids play games, kids code games. It’s technically free as long as you don’t drop cash on Robux, which we don’t. During the pandemic, it’s become my 11-year-old’s social outlet: he talks to his (IRL) friends there. My 9- and 7-year-old play with each other. I tend to bitch that they play too much, too often — all three of them in one room, staring at screens: one on our TV, headphones, and a Kindle Fire (he’s dysgraphic, so he talks to friends on Messenger Kids at the same time); two on tablets.
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I could play Roblox. I mean, it’s a blocky dude trundling around.
What if instead of bitching about endless screentime, I started playing with my kids? What if rather than glaring over my laptop, I logged on, too?
“Can I play Roblox?” I asked my kids, sort of tentatively. “Like, do I need another tablet? Do we have enough that I can play, too?”
My middle son’s eyes widened. “You want to play?”
I nodded.
When we figured out I could play Roblox on my phone, everyone helped create my avatar. I needed this hair. I need that T-shirt. So I went out into the game to mother my Blox brood.
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My youngest, Simon, sat next to me and ordered me to dump this or that in my cauldron. A squeal came from our other couch. August had discovered a brand-new potion. “Mama Mama Mama Mama DRINK THIS!” he shouted, and ran to me in-game. A teensy Baby Yoda appeared on-screen.
“Uh, is that you?” I asked.
“I found a Baby Yoda potion!”
“Oh my God. Make me Baby Yoda.”
He made me Baby Yoda.
Then I trundled after him as he helped me through quests he’d already completed. “Okay, this goblin wants that ingredient so you have to…” he’d say. His little brother, also Baby Yoda, tagged along.
We played for an hour and half. I was hooked.
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So we played Vans World. They discovered secret skate parks. I showed them where to buy tricks. Simon figured out a good way to upgrade your tricks, and I did too, so we all leveled up, and… another hour and half later, we’d had a blast. “Um, I need to leave and write,” I said. “I promise I’ll play again later.”
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“Hey,” August said. “Ride over to the bank. Let’s rob the bank!”
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They always waited for me. They always found me in-game. They stayed patient about teaching player mechanics (and I really sucked at some games). “Okay, we need to find a battle game where Mama won’t like, die instantly,” Blaise said.
“What about [insert game]?” August asked.
“No. She’ll just die.”
“Don’t join the game I’m playing,” Simon would warn sometimes. “You’ll just die.”
When I ask to play — and I always ask — they never say no. I thought they’d find me jumping into Roblox funny. I didn’t realize they’d love it. They were so excited to welcome me into this weird world of wizard potions and bug evolution and… well, if you want anything, Roblox has it. Including, apparently, bank robbery.
If you can manage it, give your kids’ games a chance. I thought it would be a fun experiment. I didn’t think my kids and I would enjoy it as much as we have. I didn’t think I’d get addicted to Brookhaven and especially Vans World. right games old kids to if Great the privacy for years make Parents fine game play change Roblox play kids for 6 Just at you is parents sure around settings I didn’t think that I’d keep asking, “What are you playing?”
And rather than sigh, they’d say, “I’ll show you. Come play with us.”