![]() As you can tell by that example, the parallels in problem-solving and tactics used by this mother to be a good parent are the same skills she can apply to taking on alien (and human) threats. The toddler insists she wants a green box instead of the blue one that the mother drew, so - rather than arguing with a toddler - she just draws another box with the green chalk. His three year-old sister wants to watch, but their mother needs to take care of other things and she doesn't want to allow her toddler to be accidentally burned by her eight year-old, so she tells the toddler that she can only stay in the garage (where the boy is practicing cooking above concrete) if she stays within a box drawn on to the floor. For example, at one point, the oldest boy is put to work using his fire ability to cook frozen chicken tenders. ![]() ![]() Not only does she struggle to keep her kids alive, but you are constantly seeing how strategic and tactical her parenting methods are. *Apocalypse Parenting* is a breath of fresh air as it delivers tremendously on the beloved themes and game-ification that defines the genre while adding a new wrinkle by having the main character be a mother of three small children. ![]() I'm a huge fan of litrpg and progression novels with system apocalypse subgenre being one of my favorites, but many of these do tend to be quite similar - especially in their themes as the main differences tend to be in the game systems their authors imagine. ![]()
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