<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s no secret that young kids love technology, specifically anything that involves controllers and game systems.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From holding their parents cell phones hostage, in order to watch YouTube, to playing video games, these toddlers are a force to be reckoned with and one mama figured out the formula.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Atlanta, GA mother, Baqarah, has been in quarantine since March. Because her 2-year-old son, Amir, has expressed he wanted a PlayStation, she decided to make a crafty controller, in order to keep him entertained.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I lost my job the first week of March. I was working at a hotel and they told us that we won’t be back until late June, if everything works out,” she revealed. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being home with her son and no extra help she decided to think outside the box.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“So right now I’m home with my 2-year-old son, no childcare or extra hands to help&#8230;So, I have to be creative to keep him busy,” she continued. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To keep thangs creative, she used the extra time to get back to her love for art and created a controller out of a cardboard box and nail glue.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It was actually a cardboard box from an old amazon package,” the Atlanta mother stated. “I just drew out the shape of a controller, cut it out, sewed it together, and painted the pieces, she shared.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I also used nail glue for my nails and thread to sew the controller pieces on,” Baqarah added.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Baqarah turns on a YouTube tutorial game and Amir thinks he’s in control and is having the time of his life.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“He thinks it does something to the T.V.,” she said. “He thinks it controls the game, when it’s really just a YouTube video. Hopefully it lasts because he’s smart, but it’s keeping him entertained for now.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Quarantine season” is bringing out the <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/georgia-mother-creates-corona-academy-for-her-kids-while-their-schools-are-closed/">best in many of us</a>. From Instagram Live battles, online workout sessions, and even being entertained with Tik Tok vids and challenges, seems like we’re all trying to make the best out of time.</span></p>
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