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Thank God for ‘Minecraft’

Everything I’ve been taught about video games as a parent is a lie

Jessica Valenti
GEN
Published in
3 min readNov 20, 2020

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Two young children play the open world game Minecraft on their iPads.
Photo: Georg Wendt/picture alliance/Getty Images

As a parent, I’m going to say something I never thought I would: Thank fucking god for video games. I cannot imagine the last few months without them.

Covid hit New York just a few days before my then-9 year old’s two-week Spring break. There was…

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Jessica Valenti
GEN
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Feminist author & columnist. Native NYer, pasta enthusiast.