Season 4, Episode 2 - The Benefits of Role Playing Games for Your Kids with Special Guest: James French

On this episode:

- Rob and Mike welcome special guest and game master James French to discuss the benefits of role playing games for kids and adults alike!

- Rob gives an update on his no yelling experiment.  Did he beat the over/under of 4 days?

- A hero mom stands up for her daughter.

- A brave teenager runs away from a bad situation in our Bad Dad segment

 

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Links to the videos and articles mentioned in the show are below:

• Pete Holmes & Patton Oswalt
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDWNUpGMLY8
• East Texas parents let daughter smoke their meth
  • https://www.ktsm.com/news/warrant-east-texas-parents-let-daughter-smoke-their-meth/
• The great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons panic
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26328105
• The Surprising Educational Benefits of Dungeons and Dragons
  • https://letgrow.org/educational-benefits-dungeons-and-dragons/
• Would Your Child Be a Good Fit for Dungeons & Dragons Group Therapy?
  • https://www.katielear.com/child-therapy-blog/2020/8/18/would-your-child-be-a-good-fit-for-dungeons-amp-dragons-group-therapy#:~:text=Game%20play%20requires%20both%20math,day%2Dto%2Dday%20lives
• What is DnD: How It Can Benefit Kids
  • https://www.bark.us/blog/dungeons-dragons-benefits-kids/
• Teaching Your Wife to Play RPGs
  • https://3wisedms.com/teaching-your-wife-to-play-rpgs-how-to-bring-a-non-gamer-and-perhaps-shy-or-unmotivated-player-into-the-game-you-love-without-making-them-hate-it/
• Mom sends daughter’s teacher ‘harsh’ email in response to her in-class rules: ‘Do not back down’
  • https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mom-sends-daughter-teacher-harsh-150500450.html

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