{"product_id":"parent-gamers-is-having-kids-game-over","title":"Is Having Kids Game Over?","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"276\"\u003eThe average gamer is 37 years old. Many are parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"278\" data-end=\"369\"\u003eYet gaming remains one of the few hobbies that still seems to come with an expiration date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"371\" data-end=\"529\"\u003eSomewhere between childhood and adulthood, society decided that video games were something people were supposed to leave behind. Millions didn't get the memo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"531\" data-end=\"731\"\u003eToday, gamers are raising children, building careers, paying mortgages, navigating relationships, and still picking up a controller at the end of the day. The stereotype never evolved. The people did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"1052\"\u003ePart of Tantrum Media's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tantrummediastore.com\/collections\/gaming\" title=\"Gaming Collection\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"778\"\u003eGaming Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, this original longform editorial explores one of modern culture's most persistent contradictions: why gaming still feels like a hobby people are expected to outgrow, even as generations of gamers grow older, become parents, and redefine what adulthood actually looks like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1054\" data-end=\"1266\"\u003eThought-provoking, entertaining, research-driven, and unapologetically honest, this story examines the changing identity of gamers in a world where the average player no longer looks anything like the stereotype.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1268\" data-end=\"1324\"\u003eSome assumptions survive long after reality has changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1326\" data-end=\"1350\"\u003eThis editorial asks why.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1352\" data-end=\"1389\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tantrummediastore.com\/products\/parent-gamers-is-having-kids-game-over\" title=\"Download Digital Editorial\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1352\" data-end=\"1389\"\u003eDigital download. Instant access.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1391\" data-end=\"1461\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1391\" data-end=\"1461\"\u003eOriginal content from the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tantrummediastore.com\/collections\/tantrum-media-magazine\" title=\"Tantrum Media Magazine\"\u003eTantrum Media Magazine\u003c\/a\u003e editorial series.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantrum Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44038330941505,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0590\/0592\/7489\/files\/parent-gamers-is-having-kids-game-over-tantrum-media.png?v=1781103623","url":"https:\/\/tantrummediastore.com\/products\/parent-gamers-is-having-kids-game-over","provider":"Tantrum Media Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}