My footballer wants to be a Player now

As a mother, it is a little frustrating for me to watch my son transform from such an active, passionate football player to slave, screens and video games. It makes me feel like I'm at a crossroads: What if I think it's a waste of time, actually a possible profession? As they say in the lawyer movies: This is "reasonable doubt."

The pandemic is changing our lives in a very radical way, technology is addressing every aspect of people's daily lives, but I can't tell if this is for the better or, conversely, human misfortune. A year ago, my son was worried about not being able to do the sport he loved so much, now in a dusty corner of the ballroom and a dress with spider webs that betrayed the lack of use of this sports equipment.

Now I watch him sit with his console, my mobile phone, or the computer, creating games with his virtual friends, the same ones that accompanied him last year, and with a freckled ball in between. The boy spends hours watching videos of some gentlemen who are now called Influencers or Gamers, these are young millionaires determined to share their experiences and strategies before millions of zombies like Messi and Cristiano Ronaldos, the new age of the digital age, sorry, followers of the world.

Well, my son said now that he just wanted to be an Actor, he would make a lot of money by imitating his new idols (not the old ones), but what worries me the most is that he feels that way. This is an easy way to make money and there is no point in forcing him to go to school because none of the sports idols 2.0 were trying to commit to it.

I sat for a while to analyze it before I applied some "red cards" to my attempt to convince me, because it's clear that the issue of players and influencers is definitely a money making business. On the other hand, I, his mother, are proof that you can really make money by putting a lot of effort into some platforms, and I also have to admit that on this social network that specializes in monetizing content, spending time just following game idols, especially with people I think are doing interesting things in the world of cryptocurrency and sports. i am doing the same

But to make a decision, I first need to see what this world of gamers and video games is all about. I accompanied him for an hour observing (as far as I can endure) these characters, their strategies and the way they explained what they were doing, and although I don't understand anything, it seems to me a very must-have trade. your art. in communication. Likewise, the strategic nature of games includes the sport of science, an intellectual formation applied in chess, and the preparation of professional players with a great conscience, be it sports or shooting games. Like an elite athlete, not little, there is a lot of money in this activity.

For example, instead of banning the profession, it was to integrate the interest of this activity with its academic responsibilities and regain interest in sports practice because these video games are overly sedentary and their health suffers in the long run. On the other hand, in the communicative part, at the address, I'll help him express his ideas in a creative and more or less professional way. By applying this strategy, he will definitely realize that this is not what he thinks, that the way to become an actor is more complicated than my son could imagine.