“It’s an implicit way for them to develop self-regulation skills that then transfer to offline spaces — through having this freedom to create on Minecraft, they learn how to identify and work towards offline goals like finishing class assignments or graduating from college later in life. Playing Minecraft teaches kids useful skills.” I’m pretty sure my seven year-old son ghost wrote this article about Minecraft.

+ Kindergarten show canceled so kids can keep studying to become ‘college and career ready.’ (You laugh, but in the Bay Area, being in Kindergarten means being about three years away from selling your first software company…)