In this week’s newsletter: Too often games are a source of stress for parents and kids. But working through Mario Wonder’s madcap worlds with my son has shown me they can be shared adventures
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I am delighted to report that with the release of Super Mario Wonder, almost seven years into my parenting career, I have finally played a video game all the way through with one of my children. And he enjoyed it.
It was a journey that began with me hopefully playing Let’s Go Pikachu! in 2018 (which my then-toddler hated so much that he would memorably shout “No, no, Pikachu!” at the screen), and now it has finally yielded genuine moments of joy as we worked our way through Wonder’s madcap worlds.
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