In the life of a gaming Mom

tekmosis | May 08, 2007 | Blog | Misc

2odl2play member Tammy aka "twistedcaboose" writes about her life as a gamer and a mother and the impact it has within her life. The article gives a good insight on the relationship and bonding that video games present between a parent and a child.

The article details a moment where Tammy, her son and his friends are playing Halo on XBOX LIVE. Another opponent is talking trash and says “my dad could beat you”. To this Tammy's son replies “Dude my mom can beat your dad.” a few minutes later the boys father is on playing against Tammy. The victory ended up being in Tammy's favor.

Now, I know from hearing it all over forums and such that the Wii actually brought families together around the tube and parents were even getting into the gaming craze with Wii Sports. So, asside from hearing all of the "negative" things about video games, it's nice to hear some good stories every now and then.

Video games mean so much more for parents. Being a gaming parent means more quality time with our children and more sharing. It gives us insight to what our children enjoy and gives us control over what our children do.

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Storm | May 08, 2007

Sometimes I wish my parents were into gaming
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Rinkydink | May 08, 2007

Glad to see that not every parent thinks gaming is bad for you, I remember the good old days when me, mum and dad played the NES together. A damn rarity to see families play together on games such as Halo, heh.
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Tribulation | May 08, 2007

Bahah, gaming and Mom in the same sentence makes me giggle.
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Vito Raliffe | May 08, 2007

Nice article. I originally got into games because of my mom! Me, her, and my brother would stay up past midnight playing Super Mario 3 and Sonic the Hedgehog during my younger days.
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oOhennersOo | May 08, 2007

I was playing WoW the other day and a guy in my group had to leave because his toddler son, who was sitting on his lap, kept punching him in the face .
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gotenks992 | May 08, 2007

I've gotten my mom and dad to play Wii Sports before. They aren't that bad either.
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Gary15 | May 08, 2007

Interesting read, I've known a few gamer mums in online games but never in real life, my own mother plays games to an extent but not a serious amount.
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Redemption | May 09, 2007

There's a surprising number of gamer moms and dads in WoW .

If you count casual gamers, I'm sure the gamer "parent" is much more common than most people think.
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Final Blade | May 09, 2007

Well my mom loves games, she used to play lemmings lol good game.
But now the graphics are too good and gives her a headache. She would definitly love the wii.
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Jay_Z | May 09, 2007

Nice article. Me, my brother, and my mum used to always play the NES together when I was younger, haha.