ENDING THE GAMING WAR: Cara Lane And Stephanie Hamilton

Hear some great insights of this father and son and their perspective on gaming. There outlook is helpful, especially for non-gaming people. Plus learn from Grant how gaming helped him with learning struggle. Listen to help understand you gamer in your family, it is helpful! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Cara Lane and I (Stephanie Hamilton) interviewed MadKingBob, AlchemyZzz9, and DonutMonkey the leaders in the Discord Server Higher Score Gaming. They share with us their mission as a ministry, how they decided to create this ministry and what they want non-gaming parents to know. We love that they are a light in the gaming world and support them 100%! Check them out at HigherScoreGaming.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Cara Lane and Stephanie Hamilton interview authors Brandon and Analyn Miller of  "Play To Their Strengths" or "Incredible Parent: Discover Your Parenting Strengths and Raise Your Kids with Confidence"  gives us 3 things on how to be supportive parents to our gamers. This was an encouraging discussion and they gave us some tools to help parent our gamers wisely. You can contact Brandon and Analyn Miller at analynbrandon.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Cara Lane and Stephanie Hamilton interview Joanie Rapier and her son kingsammelot on what she learned as a non-gamer parenting her non-gamer son. She shares some common goals that Cara and I have parenting our non-gamers in our house. It is encouraging that there are other moms out there like us and going through similar struggles with our kids. Listen and learn. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Nick Burgess talks to us acutely about being a gamer, being a parent gamer, and being apart of the video gaming world. Nick offers great insight into how the gaming industry operates and how he parents his gamer kids being a gamer himself. He is a great resource for understanding the video game world and how it is evolving. You can find Nick Burgess's amazing digital art portfolio at emberempire.com. Go check his work out! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Listen to Jack explain his journey from kid gamer to video game publisher to new dreams! Jack shares how, "Video games actually saved my life" as a kid living in a unsafe neighborhood. He shares with how he wished his parents were interested in the games he was playing, plus how he takes this lesson to his parenting of his kids presently! Cara and I learned a ton through this conversation. We know you will too! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hear from Connnor Lane, Cara Lane's son, how gaming with Pro Sports has helped him make connections and omprove his game.

This lady is one of the big supporters of Cara Lane's TEDxIdahoFalls talk and her coach. She can relate to Cara Lane's talk " Embracing Your Gamer Kid" because she had gamer kids of her own. She adds a unique perspective being a professor of commucation at BYU Idaho and a gamer mom. Thank you!

Isaiah Hamilton shares with us non-gaming moms what all these crazy acronyms are used in the gaming world!!

Listen to how Bob Leiber balances streaming, gaming, his job and his wonderful wife! He also gives us insight to the mobile gaming world! You can watch him on Twitch at GenieWH

Josh Marchand shares what his experience as a E-sports Gamer and how he got into being a Gamer for College E-sports. He plays Overwatch competitively for the Ashland University. Plus he shares with us his positive insights into gaming. Worth the listen!

Cara Lane and Stephanie Hamilton interview Candice Harris one of the producers of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare through Infinity Ward. She shared some helpful insights into the world of gaming. Take a listen. infinityward.com

Cara Lane shares with us wonderful creative questions to ask your gamer to get to know them and draw them out! Check it out!

We discuss the importance of being intentional with our gamers in understanding their world. I also reference Bob Waliszewski who wrote, "Plugged in Parenting: How to Raise Media-Savy Kids With Love, Not War" He is a great resource! Do not forget to subscribe! Also please feel free to join our Facebook Group!

Screen time is defined completely different for the young people of this generation. Cara and I give some insight on how it has changed and how we need to change our perspectives as we get to know our gamers.

Being mom's of gamers or a spouse of a gamer you can deal with guilt, we are speaking truths to get rid of the guilt.

This episode is our why we are so passionate about gaming and wanting to defend gamers to mom's who do not game.