{"id":306,"date":"2018-07-02T17:56:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T17:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pandaprogrammer.com\/?p=306"},"modified":"2021-06-28T23:26:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T03:26:45","slug":"my-son-plays-too-many-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pandaprogrammer.com\/my-son-plays-too-many-video-games\/","title":{"rendered":"My son plays too many video games!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"306\" class=\"elementor elementor-306\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-542df573 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"542df573\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c88d6bb\" data-id=\"c88d6bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52112d9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52112d9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHello Panda Programmer,\nIt seems like my son just wants to sit on the couch and play video games all the time!  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