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I was just unpacking a box and inside was a "pocket" (more like the size of a small hard back book) backgammon set. I was about to drop it into the Goodwill box since I don't play the game but then I was thinking about bailout situations, of the secondary/tertiary things one might grab to keep minds, especially young minds, occupied during the state of emergency. Decks of cards, chess sets, simple board games (like Parcheesi), even puppets.
But.........am I thinking too much of my childhood when we didn't have all these electronic games? Would such things work in the current era, even after the hand held batteries have run down?
I was just unpacking a box and inside was a "pocket" (more like the size of a small hard back book) backgammon set. I was about to drop it into the Goodwill box since I don't play the game but then I was thinking about bailout situations, of the secondary/tertiary things one might grab to keep minds, especially young minds, occupied during the state of emergency. Decks of cards, chess sets, simple board games (like Parcheesi), even puppets.
But.........am I thinking too much of my childhood when we didn't have all these electronic games? Would such things work in the current era, even after the hand held batteries have run down?
Haven't you ever been without electricity after a storm? Even (most) kids who are usually glued to electronics love to play cards or play table games by candlelight.
Put it in you Go Bag (and hope that you never have to use it).
Haven't you ever been without electricity after a storm? Even (most) kids who are usually glued to electronics love to play cards or play table games by candlelight.
Put it in you Go Bag (and hope that you never have to use it).
I have, yes, but I am older and further, not being a parent, I don't know about kids these days. So I wonder, ask, .... and then store that information if not for the just in case, then for those mental problems at night when I can't fall asleep.
Ie, "You are on the follow up team for this disaster. This is your mission, work out a plan." Then, I go through the problem detail by detail till I fall asleep. It's not only a mental exercise but it has has at least two other uses to it. First, being able to ask such detailed questions when I'm at conferences and secondly, when such a problem is handed to me (so far, just major test academically), I've already got a lot of the minute details worked out.
But that moves away from the topic just a bit. So right now I am asking, here, those who should know whether or not such approaches work with the current generations.
As a long-time Scout leader, I've found that even kids who are glued to their electronics at home have little trouble occupying themselves in the great outdoors sans electricity. No Backgammon set required.
Are you asking whether kids still like backgammon?
Not quite.
I am asking if the simple games and entertainments, those that are not electronic, not filled with computer visuals, those that don't think for/against you, are worth having when people (be it families, children without parents, rescued victims, etc) have been forced from their homes?
For those from a technological society, would having such "entertainment" work.....or might it aggravate the situation?
I'm not opposed to them, but I don't think board games are required. Kids have tremendous imaginations and are very resourceful at occupying themselves without any contrived entertainment at all. It's amazing to see them make the transition after only twenty-four hours at summer camp.
I'm not opposed to them, but I don't think board games are required. Kids have tremendous imaginations and are very resourceful at occupying themselves without any contrived entertainment at all. It's amazing to see them make the transition after only twenty-four hours at summer camp.
Any suggestions to books, journals I might read on this subject?
This now gets back to the "follow up team"* type problem. Ie, "You are on a follow up team to a tsunami hit area. Your job: protect the children from further disaster and exploitation by traffickers." So following your example above where children find their own games, how do I allow that to occur while keeping them safe?
Not that I am expecting such answers here but I am wondering if there are sources I can start reading to work out those answers........................
..........................especially when I run into the helicopter parent at the evac site who doesn't believe children should run and play.
*I doubt anyone would have me on a follow up team at my age (we would really have to be taking it hard) but at the very least, I might be at the other end of a comm link with someone asking such questions.
Any Boy Scout or Girl Scout district store will have plenty of books suggesting group activities and games for children that do not require much in the way of equipment.
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