How do you teach your kids patience, how to listen, when to talk, or thinking strategically? I know that all of us parents weave these lessons into every day life, but tonight, on day 6 of being stuck in our house, it was apparent that a card game can teach a lot of lessons about life.
Now, we probably didn't approach things in an exact "teaching" fashion. Being stuck together in one house for so long without much outside interaction can cause tension and thus, we yelled. But we also discussed the reason for our frustration. I know that we are probably damaging our kids for life...I just hope that the meaningful discussions we have about life lessons will make more of a difference than the damage our yelling has done.
So the next time you are playing Euchre - ok, maybe that's just us, let's strike that and say Hearts? Old Maid? Go Fish? - think about the real-life implications the things they learn playing these games can have. Hopefully you'll be better than us and talk about those things, instead of losing it and yelling at them when they make another bonehead move that they were just lectured about.
Oh, and you CAN have some fun in the process!
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