Help! I Make Video Games for a Living. My Boss Has Some Very Backward Ideas About Who Should Be Playing Them.

Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years--so we're diving into the Dear Prudence archives to share classic letters with our readers.Submit your own questions to Prudie here. I work for an indie video game studio that makes games aimed at young adults. Our company values itself on being progressive, especially when it comes to content having to do with gender and inclusivity. I generally love my job--there's a lot of writing involved, and everyone seems on board with the message of tolerance and empowerment that I'm trying to communicate through our stories. But at lunch recently, my boss was telling me about his young daughter's troubles with making friends at school.