Raising a gamer with Drew Dixon of Love Thy Nerd
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 8 July 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
There are many things I don’t fully understand in parenting, not the least of which is video games. I don’t get what’s so enticing, or the anticipation surrounding “new skins,” or why every time I try to shut down my gamer I’m told they “just need to finish this level.”
Bless your heart for video games and those who love you.
Knowing that I’ve listed only a few of the mysteries facing every parent of a gamer, I happily present you with Drew Dixon on Pardon the Mess today to answer so many of our questions...
Drew runs a ministry with, hands down, the greatest name ever: “Love Thy Nerd.” It’s all about loving gamers well and helping Christians embrace those around them who happen to love a video game.
Here are a few gaming topics you will be empowered with after listening to Drew Dixon: What’s so fun about video games anyway, what misconceptions might I have about gaming, how do I connect with my gamer as a parent, what types of games are good and what types should we be avoiding, what’s up with chat rooms and should I be worried, what are some resources I can trust to navigate this gaming world with my kids?
If you find yourself frequently saying “take off that headset” or “that’s not really connecting with your friends”—well, today’s podcast is for you!
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting |
| 0:02.0 | This is Cynthia Yannoff and you're listening to Pardon the Mess. |
| 0:16.0 | Each week we have honest discussions about the ups and downs of parenting and the lessons God is teaching us along the way. It's real, it's fun, and it's biblical. Life is messy. Don't walk |
| 0:26.1 | the parenting road alone. Hey guys, welcome to Harden the Mess. I'm glad you're with us. Happy |
| 0:35.9 | summer. I hope you are managing well with all of your people around. Like all of us, I'm sure there's the up moments and the down |
| 0:42.5 | moments. Absolutely. But I'm glad you're here today. You've snuck away for a few minutes. Maybe |
| 0:47.0 | you're in your closet trying to get a little peace and quiet. I feel you. I hear you. |
| 0:51.3 | And today we have Drew Dixon with us. And I am thrilled to have him. He has maybe one of |
| 0:55.6 | my very favorite names of a ministry ever. It's called Love Thy Nerd. And he is all about video |
| 1:01.9 | gaming. As a nerd that loves gaming himself, he's self-proclaimed nerd. He wants to help others |
| 1:07.9 | and invite us as parents into that world and to understand what it is our kids love about it. |
| 1:12.1 | What are the misconceptions of gaming? |
| 1:14.6 | What are some of the pitfalls when it comes to video games, but really how to love our kids in the middle of it. |
| 1:19.6 | And I think this is a word so many of us need to hear. |
| 1:22.6 | So many of us have kids that love video games and we tend to take that position of either it's a waste of time or it's |
| 1:28.7 | not good for you and he helps us look on the other side of it and some of the usefulness but also |
| 1:33.7 | how to be relatable to our kids in it and also very careful so I'm glad he's here love thy nerd |
| 1:39.8 | all things related to gaming here we go with Drew Dixon. Hey, Drew, welcome to Pardon the Mess. |
| 1:48.8 | How are you? Yeah, doing great. So glad to be here. Well, thanks for being here. I know you have a podcast, |
| 1:53.6 | too, podcasts, plural. And I love, love the title of what y'all do, love thy nerd. And so let's start by just hearing a little bit about you and your people. Tell everybody, save some background on you. Yeah, yeah. So I've, I'm actually in, I work in Christian publishing. So I've, for the last six years, seven years, I've been working in Christian Publishing, producing |
| 2:17.8 | student ministry curriculum at Lifeway. But my passion project for the last three years, |
| 2:23.7 | well, really the last decade has been doing nerd missions. Yeah. You know, doing missions work |
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