Comment Paying the kid's allowance in WoW gold!! (Score 1) 130
Regardless of how parents choose to be involved, the underlying and most important fact is that mutually beneficial experiences between kids and their parents must occur for a relationship to be viable and have a basis on which to grow. Active mediums are excellent for this - games, sports, video games, art, yard work, etc. Passive, fat-ass mediums such as T.V., movies, etc. don't generate enough new experiences to contribute to a relationship. Learning to play a video game is no less challenging than learning to hit a baseball, and it allows a parent to support and interact with a child in a positive fashion. Any active activity can provide a parent an opportunity to be a good supporting role model, or an overbearing heli-coach. Of course, MOST parents don't even understand this concept, and are comfortable raising their children in a similar dysfunctional fashion in which they themselves were raised.
Btw... I introduced my girlfriend to WoW last spring, and our relationship has benefited greatly the frustruations of an "experienced player" helping a noob (she has a 49 warrior as of last night!! ding!). Giving her lots of room to find her own way gave her confidence that I wasn't an overbearing idiot like so many boyfriends can be, and we now share many conversations about the "game". Her two kids join us to play in limited amounts. They enjoy it much more when we play with them, and amazingly, we now pay weekly allowances in WoW gold!!