Hannah Boquet

Before I get started, I just want a quick show of hands.

Who here has teens or preteen children?

Okay, cool, that's a lot of you.

I just want to know, has the experience been for you the same as it's been for me?

And by that I mean very connective, the communication is always very clear, there's never any conflict, definitely no sneakiness.

Same?

Same?

Okay, great, good, good, good.

I'm glad we can start all on the same page.

But it's wild, isn't it, how quickly our children are growing.

I began thinking a little while ago, how do I find a way to stay connected with my children when they're in this stage?

When they were little, they would climb up onto my lap and ask me to sing them lullabies and read them stories.

And now I feel the time that we have together just slipping through my fingers.

My kids are digital native youth, and that means the entire time they've been around, so have video games and smartphones

and the internet and all of the technology.

So, I've been watching my kids play video games for a while now, but I had no interest in myself until I had this genius idea.

I wondered, what if, instead of trying to pull my kids into my world with me, what would it be like if I stepped into their world with them?

I mean, back in the day, I was pretty good at Diddy Kong racing, so, like, how hard can it be?

Picture this.

I'm sitting at my house with my headset on, with my PC in front of me, and my kids are over at their dad's house.