• Checkpoints and Autosaves

  • Parenting Geeks to Thrive in the Age of Geekdom
  • By: Anthony M. Bean PhD
  • Narrated by: Shaina Summerville
  • Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Checkpoints and Autosaves

By: Anthony M. Bean PhD
Narrated by: Shaina Summerville
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With all the buzz geek culture receives, you would think it would be easy for parents to look up how to connect through their kids’ geeky interests, but it is more trying than ever. It is not a secret that keeping up with your children can be a challenge. You work hard, make sacrifices, and try to relate to your kids, but it can be an uphill battle when their interests, opinions, and habits change like the seasons. Relating to geeks, though, can be even harder.

Not every parent grew up with a geeky lifestyle to draw from. We do not all have a wealth of video games or fantasy movies to “geek out” about when we share them with our kids for the first time. And when we turn to the Internet to learn more about geek culture, the information out there feels mysterious, critical, or confusing. Altogether, connecting with a Pokémon-crazed kid is not as easy as helping them with their multiplication tables.

This book breaks down the best geek entertainment available for child development. Out of the eight most common engagement opportunities within geek culture, this book serves as a guide from a research-backed and evidence based perspective. By the time you reach the last chapter, you will have a guide to finding common ground with your child that will help you as a parent foster a better relationship, and maybe a new favorite hobby.

©2022 Anthony Bean, PhD (P)2022 Leyline Publishing

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More for parents who aren't nerds

Really good content and lots of good perspectives and tips. However, understandably the author wants this to be as enriching a read for non-nerd parents as for nerd parents so there's a lot of time spent bringing the non-nerd parents up to speed on fandoms and their hobbies. It does bring to question whether there will be a separate text on the way for nerd parents who are experiencing their kid's first time picking up a video game. Those nerd parents who want to get ahead in laying the right groundwork and get their kid accustomed to communicating with them are not as worried about connecting through shared hobbies as with optimizing how rich a conversation they could have with their kid.

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