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I find that most kids play both styles of games.....board, card and video. They both have their place.
My daughter has played video games since age 4....but we still played Sorry, Uno, Trouble (those were favorites) and a few others.
Now that she comes home from college we play cribbage, poker and Cards Againest Humanity (not for the easily offended....lol).
A couple of weeks ago I was at a friend who has younger kids (age 7 snd 9) house and we ended up playing Uno on the back deck with her two and a friend they had over. It was getting dark so after the fireflies came out the kids started chasing them and the adults enjoyed a glass of wine. All without a single electronic game in sight.
In the event of a no-power, nothing to do situation, of course the kids are going to miss their electronics. But they will adapt. If I had kids, my hurricane kit would include cards, a Uno deck, some crayons and coloring books (depending on age), maybe checkers, and something they have never seen before; maybe 3 or 4 matchbox cars, a small nerf football, etc.
Kids will play with anything if they have to. Yes, they are ridiculously addicted to their electronics these days. But if all that fails, they may fuss for a while but can eventually be coaxed into a card game or a session of throwing the ball outside. Small kids only need a sheet draped over a table to make them a fort, then throw in some pillows and small toy animals or something. They will figure it out.
I find that most kids play both styles of games.....board, card and video. They both have their place.
My daughter has played video games since age 4....but we still played Sorry, Uno, Trouble (those were favorites) and a few others.
Now that she comes home from college we play cribbage, poker and Cards Againest Humanity (not for the easily offended....lol).
A couple of weeks ago I was at a friend who has younger kids (age 7 snd 9) house and we ended up playing Uno on the back deck with her two and a friend they had over. It was getting dark so after the fireflies came out the kids started chasing them and the adults enjoyed a glass of wine. All without a single electronic game in sight.
Not really sure what your concern is here though.
I'm pretty open minded but I'm not sure that I would be willing to play that card game with my adult children. (But, I have seen HS & college age kids play it and they absolutely loved it).
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I'm pretty open minded but I'm not sure that I would be willing to play that card game with my adult children. (But, I have seen HS & college age kids play it and the absolutely love it).
Depends on the family...I would never play this with my mother....but I would with some of her friends! As a family we've always had a....a collective sense of irony and datk humour that works with the game.
I had bought it orginally for the kid to take back to college after we played it....but she didnt...she didn't think her friends could handle it!
Depends on the family...I would never play this with my mother....but I would with some of her friends! As a family we've always had a....a collective sense of irony and datk humour that works with the game.
I had bought it orginally for the kid to take back to college after we played it....but she didnt...she didn't think her friends could handle it!
Yeah I agree with this. I try hard to keep up with up whatever is going on out there so I can stay relevant. I looked up "Cards Against Humanity" on the web and quickly decided I was not going to play this with my daughters and their husbands. I have a great relationship with my kids, but there are some boundaries that don't need to be crossed!!!!!
Good learning card games are fun and educational. I think they are even better than iPad and video games in many ways: learningtoytips.com/multiplication-and-division-flash-cards-cool-math-games/
An gameboy advance micro loaded with games might keep the kiddies entertained.
Until the battery runs out and there us no power.
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(But, I have seen HS & college age kids play it and they absolutely loved it).
