Board Games
Strategic Board Games for the Thinking Gamer
Something all parents face by the time their kids have gotten through their teen years is that most kids between the ages of twelve and eighteen are just too cool for their parents.
It’s not difficult to get your younger kids to sit down and play a game of Chutes and Ladders with you, but just try dragging your thirteen year old away from the Xbox for a game of Candyland. It’s simply not going to happen. When you hit a certain age, flying jets and causing massive explosions in front of the TV just seems so much more stimulating than playing a board game.
This only contributes to the problem so many parents have during the teen years; how do you get your teens to spend quality time with you? What can you do to find some common ground between yourself and your kids and provide an enjoyable experience for both the parents and the teens?
Well, it’s not going to be playing Candyland, that’s for sure, but… something is certainly lost in the realm of video games. While they can certainly help you hone your “twitch reflex”, teaching you to snap your sights on some monstrous space alien with your laser cannon in a split second, the vast majority of games do not encourage much else in the way of personal or mental growth beyond developing that reflex. In other words, fast thumbs aren’t all there is to be gained from playing games.
