Indoor Toys
Board Games Vs. Bored Games
Here’s the first thing you can expect to hear when most moms and dads pull out the ol’ Monopoly board for the first time…
“Oh no!”
“GROAN!”
“Do we HAVE to?!”
Between video games, cell phones, and our favourite TV shows, it’s not the easiest thing in the world to convince the family that, hey, spending time together can actually be kind of fun! Board games don’t let you blow space aliens to Kingdom Come, they don’t let you download the hottest new music videos, and they don’t come with a fully orchestrated soundtrack but you do have something much more valuable: Human bonding. That’s a novel concept in this day and age, to be sure.
The way to see board games is not as a mere entertainment medium. Monopoly, Mindtrap, Clue, they don’t have that instant gratification you’ll find in your Xbox, they don’t attack the synapses without a moment’s hesitation. What they do is they allow for a moment where a group of people sit down together and interact.
The whole point of a board game isn’t even the game itself. The whole point of a board game is that it gets four or five people down at the table, joking around, chatting, getting competitive, arguing over the rules, and, well, generally just having fun in one another’s company.
Indoor sports
A word of warning, first, just because a certain sport may or may not be safe for indoor play, you still want to have plenty of space! Even if you’re using a foam basketball, there’s still a possibility of knocking valuable things right over. Ideally, indoor sports should be restricted to a room free of fragile things, and with plenty of room for a little bit of running and jumping.
Of course, then again, ideally you want to be playing sports outside. Indoor sports, however, are a great way to get some exercise and keep from growing restless when it’s raining, snowing, or too cold outside. Likewise, if it’s night time and your kids have a little extra energy to burn off before they’re ready to fall asleep, indoor sports can help to wear them out in time for bed once it’s dark out.
Anyways, that said, there are a few sports that can be played indoors, safely, thanks to some toys out there today.
