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Somehow, my son grew up without being interested in videogames or social media. He's now a world class expert in film, but he has a hard time relating to others his age, who think quality is Anime or Marvel movies. He's gone back to college for another degree, so he's a few years older than the rest, and he's astonished at how unprepared they all are for college, life, or anything else.
Covid really blew a hole in the education of our country, and it hasn't come back.
I honestly don't know what I did differently with him than any other parent. My philosophy has always been "Love what your children love, and you children will love you." He was always into theater, movies, music, entertainment, so we leaned into that stuff. He just never showed any interest in Social Media or Videogames, and we never encouraged it, so he never got into that stuff.