Chaos has suddenly become hooked on Minecraft. He doesn’t know what it is, exactly, but he knows it’s all about building and building stuff is basically all he eats and breathes. Like so many things, I’m sure he picked it up at school.
For his birthday we added the pocket version of Minecraft to his Kindle. There’s always a little fear when you expose your kid to the world since the world can be kinda jerky.
Despite the nervousness, the biggest issue we ran into was not anything to do with screen time or even anything about Minecraft at all. Our biggest challenge was trying to make Chaos’ Xbox screen name.
Now, I didn’t know this, but this is a HUGE deal. Remember those threats of your permanent record when you were in school? The fear of what really stays in your permanent record and how your life could be utterly destroyed if the wrong thing is put in your file. Apparently this screen name thing is that level of important.
I used my expertise as a former middle school teacher and The Hubs’ knowledge of once being a teenage boy to try and find a name that will not be mortifying at 12.
Because, again, this.is.serious, people. Now what in the hell is a Mooshroom Glutton?
