Great to read this. Just what I needed :) My eldest son (almost 8) is a gamer, he watches gamers on youtube, eats, drinks and sleeps games. Of course he does other things too....But even though I was worried a bit about the time he plays, I noticed the following: he pretty much taught himself to read. He read 3 and 4 letter words, when he was 4, now he's not even 8 and he spells out words a child his age wouldn't know in school. He is great at maths, and he loves solving problems. He wants to learn about programming and he just started an online course for animation. I never told him to do this, he came up with it himself. And all of this came from his love for gaming. I'm a lot less worried, he'll be just fine. (at the same time he is also an outdoor child with a ball),
It's funny how fearful we are about the unknown. I applaud you for holding space for his personal interests to take form and for observing the great rewards he is receiving from following his passion. It's pretty hard when we see them "just sitting", even though we don't really know what is happening while they "just sit"!!! Children are wired differently than we are, high techno capabilities are already part of their reality.
My son was an international swimmer and was very well socialized and got a huge amount of exercise. It feels really good not to worry or be concerned for their abilities to engage in what is valuable to them. I'm sure your son is already benefitting not only from the game, but from your support. It sounds like you are providing some powerful opportunities even for such a young child. Way to go!!!
So grateful you stopped by here @misslasvegas. I appreciate your comment.