Just fax that right over:

Your fanfic is boring.

I’m sure you’re right.

The funny thing about that comment to me is that they literally just described.... Professional sports. Every single thing they said right there applies to physically pushing a ball through the air by some means. Yet I get the feeling that while they don’t want pro sports for their child, they’d allow it while…

If your end goal in having children isn’t to be loved by them and enjoy your twilight years in their company, you're doing it alone.

No, it’s not quite the same as peacing-out midway through the third quarter of a basketball game

Man, it’s really easy to tell what commenters here play video games and which ones consider it an activity that is just for kids. As a Dad that plays games with my kids, plays on my own, and have kids old enough to play online with friends, we’ve got pretty good respect for time and understanding. We set up time…

I’m sure you’ll be patting yourself on the back when you’re in a nursing home with no visitors.

Growing up, my friends with parents like you ended up resenting them. I hope you aren’t planning on having a friendly relationship with your kids when they grow up.

My dad would turn off the TV on us with five minutes to go in the episode growing up, and it spawned 30 years of mild resentment. Letting us have five minutes to finish the show wouldn’t have hurt him or us.

Way to admit to everyone that you care so little about your kid’s happiness or your kid’s friends. I'd hate to be your kid. 

JFC, but we’ve got a truckload of badass parents here. Ya’ll are acting like you have no relationship with your kids, like they’re just pets who better earn their food bowl. Are you seriously telling me you can’t talk these things out to have an understanding of what is going on so that a solution can be worked out…

Even in 1-on-1 online games, leaving a game can cause the game to treat you as a “bad” player and match you with other “bad” players who quit games just because. Which makes the game unenjoyable.

This is a bad take

Yup. *You* don’t care about his teammates. You child does, though. TBH, though, what should really happen is that things are more structured, as in “be home by 5pm for dinner” or “dinner is in 45 minutes” so the kid can plan with the parameters given and nobody is caught in the middle of a game.

And because you’re the one person who insists on being “that guy”, your kids will grow up to be inconsiderate individuals who don’t respect other peoples’ time, or other people in general. They’ll be the karens in drive throughs and checkout lines who insist on holding up 30 people behind them because *only* their…

Time Management is a skill that all children need to learn.

Goodness knows that you are a parent would not attempt to understand your child, their hobbies or their interests.

“it’s a case of the parent modeling respect and patience for another person who is in the middle of something that is important to them—and that’s always a good lesson.”

It makes a big difference if the parent is/was a gamer too. I’ve been playing multiplayer games since we were physically cabling PC’s together to play Doom or Quake in the 90's.   I just naturally start my requests with “When you finish this round, go do xyz.” My wife has never played anything more group oriented than…