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SunSeeker

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5. Yep. All my son's middle school friends play online games together.

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Mon Jul 2, 2018, 02:04 AM

Jul 2018

The only time they see each other in person is at school.

The only time my kid leaves the house other than for school is for soccer (practice and games). Thank God he still has an interest in that.

I was never home at my son's age. I was always with my friends or dating.

But we had no internet, no cell phones. We just had each other. Which was a lot.

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