My kid is drowning their Sims- should I be worried?

Or is endangering the Sims a rite of passage?

Have you ever seen your child playing a game, maybe a calm, educational game, but when you look at the screen you see they’re trying to drive off a cliff or annoying an in-game character to see what will happen?

Relax, your child is not starting their villain origin story. In fact, chances are you did the same thing yourself. Don’t believe me? See some recent childhood gaming confessions from my audience:

That’s right, destructive, violent, weird, or otherwise “wrong” play isn’t new, and it isn’t unique to video games. As long as kids have played, they’ve played some weird stuff.

And even if you weren’t the type to push limits in video games- I can still remember the horror I felt when I realized I’d accidentally starved my Tamagotchi- you probably played a storyline or idea that you knew wouldn’t be ok to do “for real”. And chances are, you did it specifically because you knew it wouldn’t be ok in the real world.

I’ve collected these confessions several times over the years and I’ve gotta say, drowning Sims is the number one confession, so if that was you, you’re in good company.