How we media: Baltazar and Rex

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Baltazar, 14, and his cousin Rex, 12, love games like Minecraft and spend plenty of time on screens — and the only people who have a problem with that are “older folks” who don’t get that “medicinal media is definitely a thing.” The cousins explain how they use screens for education, focus, teamwork, socializing, strategizing, calming, and sometimes definitely just to have fun.