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Stranger Danger in an Online World

Stranger Danger in an Online World

How to keep your kids safe and nerdy

  • Dayna Eileen Dayna Eileen
  • February 15, 2021
  • 3 Minute Read

Welcome to my little pocket of the internet! I’m Dayna — Cahlayna on Twitch — and if you’re here, it’s because you, like me, have children, love gaming and all things odd, and have literally no idea how to be a mom without letting your nerd identity take a backseat… My idea? We can figure it out together. 

I’ve been gaming for as long as I can remember. Zelda: Ocarina of Time was my first true love, but before that came classics like Duck Hunt, Super Mario Bros and Donkey Kong. (I’m aging myself here). I can remember being nine months pregnant with my first child, barely able to reach my Razer Naga and Nostromo Key Pad because I was the size of a house, refusing to give up my dream as a Beast Mastery Hunter in World of Warcraft. But now I’m here, 32 years old, mom of a beautiful 18-month old girl and soon to be six year old boy… And they were really cramping my gaming style. So I did what any other insane mother would do, I shared my Xbox. I started my son when he was about three. He hated it. Loathed it. But didn’t want me to do it either. He couldn’t walk and change his in-game view at the same time. It was a lot of looking at blinding sky or dark holes in Minecraft. A lot of frustration, I’ll let you guess if it was his or mine. Most normal parents would give up. “My kids don’t like video games! I beat the odds!”. But I was patient. He got a little older… then came Fortnite. 

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Dayna Eileen

Dayna Eileen

Dayna is a long time serial gamer. Mom of two, aunt to many, she absolutely loves introducing the people she knows to her love for games and nerd culture. You can find her on social @Cahlayna where she will talk all about getting her butt kicked in Fortnite, mains a hunter in World of Warcraft and longs for a new open world RPG she can waste hundreds of hours in.
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