Other board games

[mollyL]

Originally Posted by tater03

My son would get upset when he thought I was trying to let him win. But he wouldn't get so mad that it would last for that long. I wonder what she would do if you win a game and didn't let her win?

If she ever forgives me and wants to play a board game again I'll definitely play to win! I was just so shocked at her reaction...!

[tater03]

I am sure she will forgive you. It does seem backwards in the sense that most kids hate to lose so I can see why you would have done what you did.

[mollyL]

Thanks, Tater, that makes me feel better. Thinking about it, it's getting close to her birthday; perhaps I'll buy her a new boardgame and see if she'll play that with me. But, absolutely no more Candyland!

[justontime]

I don't think my children minded too much if I cheated just a bit to give them a chance of winning a game, but I was never allowed to cheat when reading a story book. Long before they could read themselves they knew if I skipped a sentence or two and if I dared to miss a page or make up my own version they became furious!

[tater03]

That's so true. I have tried to skip pages or sentences and that does not work at all. They know it every time. Now it is just easier to read the story through.

[mollyL]

Very definitely! Kids seem to memorize the story early on, and are ready to catch you up on any slip or omission...

[justontime]

At the weekend I was chatting to a boy aged 10 who told me excitedly about his collection of crazy bones. These are little more than tiny lumps of coloured plastic with faces painted on them, but he was obviously passionate about his collection. My son had countless obsessions and crazes as he was growing up, far more than his sisters did. I wonder why it is that children get so engrossed in seemingly trivial things?

[mollyL]

You know, Just, maybe it's coz they can sometimes buy them with their pocket money and that makes them all their own...
I know with my oldest son, there were packs of cards that were like pictures of cabbage patch dolls, only they were called garbage pail kids,and they were really gross. All the garbage pail kids had a picture and story about them, and my son was totally captivated and had to get the whole set. Anybody remember them?

[justontime]

Molly, I don't remember garbage pail kids, my daughter was frightened of cabbage patch dolls so if she had come across these she would have been scared to death. My son loves anything revolting or gross so I can see why they appealed to your son.

[Bingo08]

Lovely post. thanks alot