Celebrating 15 years of Minecraft and worlds of positive mental health, connection and discovery.
Minecraft is having a birthday and that makes me want to celebrate all it has brought to my family and so many others. On the personal front, this is the game where I really connected with my three boys (two of which are on the spectrum). We built together and discovered together; we even designed a building that ended up being the inspiration for the first medical device factory we built in the US.
But in the end, the biggest thing we did was spend time and get to know each other. I was allowed into their world and that made me a more connected and better dad. I knew their friends, their playing styles and could coach around social connections.
Minecraft has offered a lot of connection and healing for so many. The featured article today is about how the Canadian Mental Health Association created a Minecraft server to reach struggling folks in a more remote part of the country.
The bottom line is this has been so much more than a game for so many and that is worth celebrating.
Regina Leader Post. (2022, February 9). Leaderpost. https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/cmha-launches-mentally-safe-minecraft-server
