“Honey, if you will do just one thing, I think you can be good at this.” 

 These were the words that came out of my husband’s mouth as we begin playing the fourth hole that day. 

My son received a new video game system this Christmas. Subsequently, he spent a massive fair amount of time over his school break playing one of his new games. 

As a mom, I felt some tension in wanting to limit his screen time, hoping he would do something more “constructive”.  At the same time, I understood.