Ages 6-16 · Book 4, Discernment · 4,299 places
Video Games
Takes no position on games. Teaches a child to notice which ones leave them worse and to say so themselves.
Built on Ellis Abel and the Two Wolves Within — “Choose what you feed within.” A character series, not a curriculum with a worldview attached.
The five sessions
- Session 1
Audit one real day of inputs, honestly, adults included
- Session 2
Read the story and name the choice point inside it
- Session 3
Learn the one check: who made this, and what do they want
- Session 4
Apply the check to something they actually watch
- Session 5
Set the family or class rule they helped write
Questions leaders ask
Is video games in your area a religious program?
No. Ellis Abel is a character series. Each volume carries one named core value — this one is discernment — and the story does the teaching. There is no doctrine in it, nothing to opt out of, and it is used in public schools, libraries and secular programs as readily as anywhere else.
What ages does this work for?
Ages 6-16. The story is read aloud, so a child who cannot read yet is fully in it, and the discussion prompts are written in two bands so one adult can hold a mixed-age room.
We have tried things like this in your area before and stopped. Why is this different?
Because it is ten minutes and it survives a missed night. There is no streak to break and nothing to catch up on — you pick up at the next chapter.
What if my child will not talk about it?
Then read it anyway and say nothing. Children answer days later, in the car, about something else entirely. The prompts are there when they are ready, not a toll you have to pay to finish the book.
The rules that make it work
This takes no side on any platform
No app is named as good or bad. That is what makes it usable in a public school, and it is also what makes it still true in three years.
Teach the question, not the rule
Rules expire when the technology changes. "Who made this and what do they want from me" works on something that has not been invented yet.
The child writes the rule
A limit imposed from above is complied with until it can be evaded. A limit a child helped write is one they can explain to a friend.
Adults do the inventory too
A grown-up listing their own real day, honestly, in front of the children, is the moment the session stops being a telling-off.
Self-talk is an input
The harshest voice most children hear is their own, and it is on the list with everything else because it works the same way.
Nobody is shamed for their list
The first honest inventory is always ugly. A room that reacts to that is a room that will only ever see edited lists afterwards.
Video Games by metro area
Northeast
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- Video Games — Reading, PA
- Video Games — Manchester, NH
- Video Games — Trenton, NJ
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- Video Games — Erie, PA
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- Video Games — State College, PA
- Video Games — Vineland, NJ
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- Video Games — Lewiston, ME
- Video Games — Williamsport, PA
- Video Games — Watertown, NY
- Video Games — Gettysburg, PA
- Video Games — Ithaca, NY
- Video Games — Elmira, NY
Midwest
- Video Games — Chicago, IL
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- Video Games — Omaha, NE
- Video Games — Dayton, OH
- Video Games — Des Moines, IA
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- Video Games — Wichita, KS
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- Video Games — South Bend, IN
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- Video Games — Cedar Rapids, IA
- Video Games — Evansville, IN
- Video Games — Fargo, ND
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- Video Games — Lafayette, IN
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- Video Games — Springfield, IL
- Video Games — St. Cloud, MN
- Video Games — Racine, WI
- Video Games — Saginaw, MI
- Video Games — Iowa City, IA
- Video Games — Muskegon, MI
- Video Games — Eau Claire, WI
- Video Games — Oshkosh, WI
- Video Games — Bloomington, IL
- Video Games — La Crosse, WI
- Video Games — Terre Haute, IN
- Video Games — Waterloo, IA
- Video Games — Kenosha, WI
- Video Games — Janesville, WI
- Video Games — Bloomington, IN
- Video Games — Jackson, MI
- Video Games — Traverse City, MI
- Video Games — Rapid City, SD
- Video Games — Monroe, MI
- Video Games — Jefferson City, MO
- Video Games — Niles, MI
- Video Games — Sioux City, IA
- Video Games — Bismarck, ND
- Video Games — Wausau, WI
- Video Games — Manhattan, KS
- Video Games — Springfield, OH
- Video Games — Battle Creek, MI
- Video Games — Ames, IA
- Video Games — Mansfield, OH
- Video Games — Lawrence, KS
- Video Games — St. Joseph, MO
- Video Games — Sheboygan, WI
- Video Games — Muncie, IN
- Video Games — Sandusky, OH
- Video Games — Michigan City, IN
- Video Games — Kankakee, IL
- Video Games — Grand Forks, ND
- Video Games — Mankato, MN
- Video Games — Fond du Lac, WI
- Video Games — Bay City, MI
- Video Games — Lima, OH
- Video Games — Dubuque, IA
- Video Games — Decatur, IL
- Video Games — Cape Girardeau, MO
- Video Games — Columbus, IN
- Video Games — Kokomo, IN
- Video Games — Midland, MI
- Video Games — Grand Island, NE
- Video Games — Minot, ND
South
- Video Games — Dallas, TX
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- Video Games — Atlanta, GA
- Video Games — Washington, DC
- Video Games — Miami, FL
- Video Games — Tampa, FL
- Video Games — Orlando, FL
- Video Games — Charlotte, NC
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- Video Games — Nashville, TN
- Video Games — Virginia Beach, VA
- Video Games — Jacksonville, FL
- Video Games — Raleigh, NC
- Video Games — Oklahoma City, OK
- Video Games — Louisville, KY
- Video Games — Richmond, VA
- Video Games — Memphis, TN
- Video Games — Birmingham, AL
- Video Games — Tulsa, OK
- Video Games — Greenville, SC
- Video Games — New Orleans, LA
- Video Games — Knoxville, TN
- Video Games — Sarasota metro area, FL
- Video Games — McAllen, TX
- Video Games — Charleston, SC
- Video Games — Baton Rouge, LA
- Video Games — El Paso, TX
- Video Games — Columbia, SC
- Video Games — Cape Coral, FL
- Video Games — Lakeland, FL
- Video Games — Greensboro, NC
- Video Games — Little Rock, AR
- Video Games — Deltona, FL
- Video Games — Winston-Salem, NC
- Video Games — Palm Bay, FL
- Video Games — Augusta, GA
- Video Games — Durham, NC
- Video Games — Fayetteville, AR
- Video Games — Jackson, MS
- Video Games — Chattanooga, TN
- Video Games — Port St. Lucie, FL
- Video Games — Huntsville, AL
- Video Games — Pensacola, FL
- Video Games — Lexington, KY
- Video Games — Killeen, TX
- Video Games — Wilmington, NC
- Video Games — Corpus Christi, TX
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- Video Games — Savannah, GA
- Video Games — Brownsville, TX
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- Video Games — Myrtle Beach, SC
- Video Games — Lafayette, LA
- Video Games — Asheville, NC
- Video Games — Naples, FL
- Video Games — Mobile, AL
- Video Games — Spartanburg, SC
- Video Games — Beaumont, TX
- Video Games — Tallahassee, FL
- Video Games — Fayetteville, NC
- Video Games — Montgomery, AL
- Video Games — Shreveport, LA
- Video Games — Hickory, NC
- Video Games — Lubbock, TX
- Video Games — Huntington, WV
- Video Games — Gainesville, FL
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- Video Games — Columbus, GA
- Video Games — Roanoke, VA
- Video Games — Hagerstown, MD
- Video Games — Fort Walton Beach metro area, FL
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- Video Games — Waco, TX
- Video Games — Longview, TX
- Video Games — College Station, TX
- Video Games — Tuscaloosa, AL
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- Video Games — Slidell, LA
- Video Games — Amarillo, TX
- Video Games — Lynchburg, VA
- Video Games — Daphne, AL
- Video Games — Tyler, TX
- Video Games — Lake Charles, LA
- Video Games — Hilton Head Island, SC
- Video Games — Macon, GA
- Video Games — Fort Smith, AR
- Video Games — Panama City, FL
- Video Games — Charlottesville, VA
- Video Games — Gainesville, GA
- Video Games — Athens, GA
- Video Games — Monroe, LA
- Video Games — Punta Gorda, FL
- Video Games — Jacksonville, NC
- Video Games — Johnson City, TN
- Video Games — Lexington Park, MD
- Video Games — Warner Robins, GA
- Video Games — Auburn, AL
- Video Games — Florence, SC
- Video Games — Charleston, WV
- Video Games — Houma, LA
- Video Games — Bowling Green, KY
- Video Games — Dover, DE
- Video Games — Midland, TX
- Video Games — Burlington, NC
- Video Games — Abilene, TX
- Video Games — Jackson, TN
- Video Games — Greenville, NC
- Video Games — Blacksburg, VA
- Video Games — Odessa, TX
- Video Games — Vero Beach metro area, FL
- Video Games — Homosassa Springs, FL
- Video Games — Decatur, AL
- Video Games — Hattiesburg, MS
- Video Games — The Villages metro area, FL
- Video Games — Florence, AL
- Video Games — Dothan, AL
- Video Games — Sherman, TX
- Video Games — Valdosta, GA
- Video Games — Winchester, VA
- Video Games — Wichita Falls, TX
- Video Games — Rocky Mount, NC
- Video Games — Alexandria, LA
- Video Games — Dalton, GA
- Video Games — Texarkana, TX
- Video Games — Albany, GA
- Video Games — Morgantown, WV
- Video Games — Hammond, LA
- Video Games — Harrisonburg, VA
- Video Games — Jonesboro, AR
- Video Games — Wheeling, WV
- Video Games — Cleveland, TN
- Video Games — Salisbury, MD
- Video Games — Staunton, VA
- Video Games — Morristown, TN
- Video Games — Elizabethtown, KY
- Video Games — Lawton, OK
- Video Games — Goldsboro, NC
- Video Games — San Angelo, TX
- Video Games — Brunswick, GA
- Video Games — Anniston, AL
- Video Games — Owensboro, KY
- Video Games — Steubenville, WV
- Video Games — Sebring, FL
- Video Games — Pinehurst, NC
- Video Games — Beckley, WV
- Video Games — Sumter, SC
- Video Games — Gadsden, AL
- Video Games — Paducah, KY
- Video Games — Rome, GA
- Video Games — Victoria, TX
- Video Games — Hot Springs, AR
- Video Games — Hinesville, GA
- Video Games — Parkersburg, WV
- Video Games — Enid, OK
- Video Games — Eagle Pass, TX
West
- Video Games — Los Angeles, CA
- Video Games — Phoenix, AZ
- Video Games — Riverside, CA
- Video Games — San Francisco, CA
- Video Games — Seattle, WA
- Video Games — San Diego, CA
- Video Games — Denver, CO
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- Video Games — Sacramento, CA
- Video Games — Las Vegas, NV
- Video Games — San Jose, CA
- Video Games — Salt Lake City, UT
- Video Games — Fresno, CA
- Video Games — Tucson, AZ
- Video Games — Honolulu, HI
- Video Games — Bakersfield, CA
- Video Games — Albuquerque, NM
- Video Games — Boise, ID
- Video Games — Oxnard, CA
- Video Games — Stockton, CA
- Video Games — Colorado Springs, CO
- Video Games — Provo, UT
- Video Games — Ogden, UT
- Video Games — Spokane, WA
- Video Games — Reno, NV
- Video Games — Modesto, CA
- Video Games — Santa Rosa, CA
- Video Games — Visalia, CA
- Video Games — Vallejo, CA
- Video Games — Salem, OR
- Video Games — Santa Maria, CA
- Video Games — Salinas, CA
- Video Games — Anchorage, AK
- Video Games — Eugene, OR
- Video Games — Greeley, CO
- Video Games — Fort Collins, CO
- Video Games — Boulder, CO
- Video Games — Kennewick, WA
- Video Games — Olympia, WA
- Video Games — Merced, CA
- Video Games — Bremerton, WA
- Video Games — San Luis Obispo, CA
- Video Games — Bend, OR
- Video Games — Yakima, WA
- Video Games — Santa Cruz, CA
- Video Games — Prescott metro area, AZ
- Video Games — Bellingham, WA
- Video Games — Las Cruces, NM
- Video Games — Lake Havasu City, AZ
- Video Games — Yuma, AZ
- Video Games — Medford, OR
- Video Games — St. George, UT
- Video Games — Chico, CA
- Video Games — Billings, MT
- Video Games — Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Video Games — Yuba City, CA
- Video Games — Redding, CA
- Video Games — El Centro, CA
- Video Games — Idaho Falls, ID
- Video Games — Pueblo, CO
- Video Games — Grand Junction, CO
- Video Games — Logan, UT
- Video Games — Maui, HI
- Video Games — Santa Fe, NM
- Video Games — Hanford, CA
- Video Games — Flagstaff, AZ
- Video Games — Mount Vernon, WA
- Video Games — Napa, CA
- Video Games — Albany, OR
- Video Games — Bozeman, MT
- Video Games — Missoula, MT
- Video Games — Wenatchee, WA
- Video Games — Sierra Vista, AZ
- Video Games — Twin Falls, ID
- Video Games — Farmington, NM
- Video Games — Longview, WA
- Video Games — Cheyenne, WY
- Video Games — Corvallis, OR
- Video Games — Helena, MT
- Video Games — Fairbanks, AK
- Video Games — Pocatello, ID
- Video Games — Grants Pass, OR
- Video Games — Great Falls, MT
- Video Games — Casper, WY
- Video Games — Lewiston, ID
- Video Games — Walla Walla, WA
- Video Games — Carson City, NV
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