My son also suffered from video game addiction when he was growing up. I foolishly put him in front of a computer when he was 3, because I believed the lie that the tech companies told us about computers, and games, being “educational.” He stopped having interest in other people, his family and all of the other things he used to do, like sports, music and homework. His schools made the situation worse, because even when I tried to say, “No computer use, at all,” he was awash in computer time at school, and they, needlessly, required homework to be done on the computer. He was angry and anxious most of the time, and even if he wasn’t playing video games, he was mentally plotting how he was going to get his next chance to do so. I think the saddest part is that he felt awful about himself.

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One of the audience “counters” is 14-year Music in the Park volunteer Michael Silva, who uses a “somewhat scientific” formula to guesstimate crowds. Silva is just one of more than two dozen volunteers who set up for the shows, greet sponsors and sell water and T-shirts. “We couldn’t possibly run Music in the Park the way we want to without our amazing volunteers,” Canali said. “They are the lifeblood of Music in the Park and also make it more fun for us. We’re truly a team.”.

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Annual LEGO Holiday Extravaganza. Museum of American Heritage. 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Fridays-Sundays, through Jan. 19. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. $2. www.moah.org or 650-321-1004. San Mateo County History Museum. Charles Parsons’ “Ships of the World Gallery.” Opens, March 16 with a family day with free admission. 24 model ships created by Charles Parsons, with murals painted by Fred Sinclair, interactive stations for children, and photos and videos depicting South San Francisco shipbuilding, San Mateo County Coastside shipwrecks and the Port of Redwood City. 2200 Broadway, Redwood City. www.historysmc.org or 650-299-0104.