Hannah Boquet

I feel like we played and connected in a way that not a lot of teens and parents get to connect, because we connected through play.

We connected through them teaching me a new skill, and me being brave enough or silly enough to think I could maybe play along.

And as it turns out, I wasn't alone.

I was talking to my brother Amos about video games, and he told me something surprising.

He told me that he has connected with his nieces and nephews more through video games than anything else in the entire world.

Before you judge him too harshly, you need to understand that Uncle Amos lives in New Zealand.

Before he was in New Zealand, he lived in Germany.

So the entire time that my kids have been around, they've never known Uncle Amos.

They've never been in the same country as him.

He would not get an hour-long phone call from my kids.

But hopping on Fortnite, playing games together, making memories together, maybe learning how absolutely feral my middle son is?

It's a game changer.

Now, you might be sitting there wondering, what is esports?

Luckily, it's pretty simple.

Esports are just competitive video games.

Anything can be an esport if it's a competitive digital game.

Games like Fortnite, shooter games like that, can be an esport, or games like chess can be an esport if it's played with computers.

What ties them all together is that they're all competitive.

If you have ever talked to a child, like ever in your life, you've probably heard of games like Mario Kart, Fortnite, Rocket League, all esports.

or electronic sports, but do not call them electronic sports because you will lose all of your street cred, especially with your children.