
You see, I’m not the core demographic for Roblox, the massive gaming platform that now sees over 50 million kids playing every month. (It’s an obstacle course, in Roblox lingo, by the way.) And I’m familiar with Roblox because the other day, she uttered, “ugh, this obby,” which forced me to turn to Google like the old person I am to find out what the heck an obby was. I’m also familiar with Roblox because she whined while we were running errands one weekend that she needed to “get on the internet right now” because she had scheduled a playdate with a friend in Roblox.

I’m familiar with Roblox because my 8-year old daughter watches YouTube videos of kids playing the game almost every day.
