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What about once they are older and want to play online games with their friends? Whilst you may be able to suggest open alternatives - I know my kids still enjo

• mikegerwitz 11y ago
  > it's not necessarily the best decision to exclude kids from what can be a significant social interaction. And I struggle with this. Ultimately, I do not force my philosophy on others. I will do my best to raise my kids to value their freedoms, but I'm not going to go out of my way to prohibit them from playing those games, because that would be detrimental to their social development. But those social pressures are a huge perpetrator of proprietary software. They need to be addressed, but forcing a single member of the social circle to invoke those beliefs is not an effective strategy. I have long made the point that some have priorities that are higher than software freedom. The happiness and social well being (to a degree that I find reasonable, as any parent must balance) is higher on that list for me, because the well being of my sons are more important to me than my ideals. My wife uses proprietary software. I'm the sole earner right now in my household; we share money. She uses that money to buy proprietary software/devices. I'm not going to prohibit her from doing that, because that would be forcing my ideals. But when it comes to me, I would sooner sacrifice my social well-being than use proprietary software.