Strangers on the Internet think I'm a terrible parent for letting my daughter play Roblox.
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Strangers on the Internet think I’m a terrible parent for letting my daughter play Roblox.
My daughter is autistic. She struggles to communicate verbally. We’re trying to help improve that, but kids her age are not so understanding.
On Roblox, my daughter is able to walk around, talk to other kids, communicate with them—and not be bullied for her efforts.
Are there micro transactions on Roblox? Sure. Has my daughter ever spent money on Roblox? No.
Keeping these facts in mind, I’m not taking away Roblox from my daughter—one of the few ways she socializes—just because random Internet people hate Roblox’s monetization strategy.
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Strangers on the Internet think I’m a terrible parent for letting my daughter play Roblox.
My daughter is autistic. She struggles to communicate verbally. We’re trying to help improve that, but kids her age are not so understanding.
On Roblox, my daughter is able to walk around, talk to other kids, communicate with them—and not be bullied for her efforts.
Are there micro transactions on Roblox? Sure. Has my daughter ever spent money on Roblox? No.
Keeping these facts in mind, I’m not taking away Roblox from my daughter—one of the few ways she socializes—just because random Internet people hate Roblox’s monetization strategy.
People get so stuck in their ideology that they really lose the forest for the trees.
There are things I keep my daughter away from. Reddit is one of those things. So is Twitter. And wildly, so is Scratch because apparently teenage boys can’t handle a little girl trying to share things she loves with the world.
But Roblox? Yeah, I’ll let her on that. All she does is walk around, play with a bunch of stuff, talk to kids she happens to meet.
My kid deserves to have friends.
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People get so stuck in their ideology that they really lose the forest for the trees.
There are things I keep my daughter away from. Reddit is one of those things. So is Twitter. And wildly, so is Scratch because apparently teenage boys can’t handle a little girl trying to share things she loves with the world.
But Roblox? Yeah, I’ll let her on that. All she does is walk around, play with a bunch of stuff, talk to kids she happens to meet.
My kid deserves to have friends.
Do I sometimes wish my kid didn’t have needs so substantially different from other children?
Yeah, I do.
But I also realize, hey, my kid is different so I will accommodate how her brain works instead of fight it.
For whatever reason, Roblox is an easier means to communicate for her than to walk up to an actual person and talk to them. And it’s not that my kid doesn’t want to make friends IRL. It’s that other people refuse to accommodate her.
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Strangers on the Internet think I’m a terrible parent for letting my daughter play Roblox.
My daughter is autistic. She struggles to communicate verbally. We’re trying to help improve that, but kids her age are not so understanding.
On Roblox, my daughter is able to walk around, talk to other kids, communicate with them—and not be bullied for her efforts.
Are there micro transactions on Roblox? Sure. Has my daughter ever spent money on Roblox? No.
Keeping these facts in mind, I’m not taking away Roblox from my daughter—one of the few ways she socializes—just because random Internet people hate Roblox’s monetization strategy.
It's because Roblox has had share of creeps too. Hence why people are nervous of children playing it.
Speaking of games for children. You and your daughter might like a game called Wobbly Life, its an open world sandbox physics game you can play co-op together.
I don't know if she'll like it, but its worth a shot if you or anyone is looking for video games both parents and children can play together.
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It's because Roblox has had share of creeps too. Hence why people are nervous of children playing it.
Speaking of games for children. You and your daughter might like a game called Wobbly Life, its an open world sandbox physics game you can play co-op together.
I don't know if she'll like it, but its worth a shot if you or anyone is looking for video games both parents and children can play together.
@Christopher Thanks for the recommendation.
