I’ve seen a lot of surprising benefits for my family whenever we play games together, that’s why we always make sure to set aside at least one family game night every week. There are times when my kids could be too drained from rough play or homework, and when my husband and I feel the same after a tiring day at work. But we can’t take them as excuses from not having quality time as a family. Let me tell you why.
For our kids, family game night is always looked forward to, not just because they love to play, but because it’s a time to really bond with us parents. This is where they most feel our undivided attention, because we are all involved in the game. And without them knowing, they develop certain skills and learn positive behaviours too. Depending on the challenge of the game, kids can develop their vocabulary, math skills, strategic thinking, problem solving, even imagination and creativity. They easily learn to share as the players take turns, and become patient and good sport when they don’t win.
SWhen we play the Game of Life for example, we become completely new characters with lives and decisions of our own. My daughter learns the value of hard work to earn dollars and reach their achievement in their college life, jobs and careers. She pick ups financial literacy lessons from banking and insurance rules of the game, which I know will help her become money smart and familiar with sound investments. She also understands how life works from earning for a living and having a family, to retirement. I know it’s not exact with reality, but at least she has an idea.
Family game nights are beneficial to us parents too. Since all players in the game are supposed to be coequals, we get to have a break from our authoritative roles. There’s no seniority, we are all kids in the game! And it gives us a childlike, youthful feeling of enjoyment. Our brains get their well-deserved exercise, because challenge only makes us better. My husband and I love to compete with each other as far as board games are concerned, and it benefits us both. And although I’m guilty of letting my daughter win sometimes, I am more often surprised whenever she outstands us all by her own merits!
As a family, sometimes we can feel little frustrations with our board game faces on, but we don’t forget to loosen up because it’s just a game after all. Funny outbursts are okay as long as we all follow the rules of the game. Our family game nights are always full of thrilling suspense and laughter, just like when we raced each other on a board and pop-o-matic die roller with Trouble. When my kids become more confident and competitive enough to play, we’d be scheduling a grand board game tournament with special prizes!
From one happy and satisfied mom to another, I encourage you guys to build up a board game library for your family! It’s awesome for challenging yourselves while killing time, disconnecting from gadget use, and even entertaining guests with friendly competition. Best of all, it provides for a laidback quality time with the family, while it keeps our minds working. I recommend classic Hasbro board games like Scrabble, Monopoly, and Twister. And who knows, your kids might be able to invent their own board game to add to your library!
WIN A Prize Pack Valued At Over $100!
The prize pack includes
- Monopoly ($19.99)
- Scrabble ($19.99)
- Game of Life ($24.99)
- Trouble ($16.99)
- Twister ($19.99)
Winter is coming and I would love to have some games to play with my daughter on those days and nights when we don’t want to go out. It’s also so good for teaching her skills like math, taking turns, and good sportsmanship.
I would love to win because my family loves to play games together, especially with my grandsons!
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I would love to win this prize so that my family and I have some new games for the upcoming colder Fall and Winter days. Thanks!
I like to win to play the games with my grandchildren when they visit.
Many of these games I played as a kid. I now have 5 kids of my own that I know would have fun playing them together. And would sure make nice Christmas gifts. Thanks for the chance
I would like to win cause our kids love board games and its gonna be a long winter
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I would love this for the grandkids weekend sleep overs, we always have a game night!
my niece is starting to like board games now, this would be nice to win
we love playing games as a family this would be so awesome to win for family game night
I’d love to have some games in our home! Currently we have hardly any.
So that we can add to the games that we can play together as a family.
we just lost our boardgames to flood damage last spring so new ones would be great
I would love to win this for all my nieces and nephews,,it would make great gifts! 🙂
I would love to win for my kids because they LOVE family game night! Thanks for the chance 🙂
All our fave games! Perfect for Family day!
We like to play games together and it would be fun to have a few new ones.
our family loves board games
I would love to win to add these games to the few we have. All of these games are suitable for everyone in our family and would be many nights of family fun!
We play games as a family but this would really help us step it up and make it a weekly activity instead of just a few times a month
I would love to win so we can have game options. What fun would that be? Fun … all the way. 🙂
I would love to win so I could surprise my son with this!
i would love to win because my family owns none of these games and we are due for some fun 🙂
I would love to win these to give to my grandsons and nieces. They would love these games
I would love to win this Hasbro Giveaway, those are classic games that I loved as a kid, and I would love to introduce them to my kids, for us to have fun together playing them as a family, and with their friends. Thaniks, good luck all.
These are great games to play with the grandkids!!
I would love to win this for my little cousins.
My 20 year old daughter still likes to play board games. Would rather have her at home with the boyfriend than out in a bar. So these games would be fun for the two of them!
I love the classic games. Great for family night
i’ld like to win for those times when i want to get off the grid
I’d like to win because my family likes board games. Especially in the fall and winter when we spend more time inside.
I would love to win because we love playing games together. It gets everyone away from tv and devices and we spend quality time together.
I’d love to win for our family game night. The Game of Life was my favourite growing up.
I would play with my Grandchildren there are wonderful games
These games were so much fun when I was growing up.. They would be perfect for the cottage.
I’d love to win because we don’t have enough family board games that my daughter can enjoy!
I would love to win, my grandaughter would love to play game with me.
We love to play board games as a family!
We’re a family that plays games so would love to win these!
I would like to win because my family doesn’t own a tv. This would be a great way to spend time together.
I’d love to win because it’s a pretty awesome prize and my girl would have a lot of fun, we all would!
We don’t have many games since the kids are young but my oldest is starting to get to the age he would enjoy them!
i’d like to win because I think my kids would love Twister and Trouble and i love the game of life and Scrabble.
I’d love to win these so we were stocked up on family games for the winter.
My grandson is just old enough to play and understand these types of games. I’d like to win them so I can share the fun of playing games with him. These games are quite the blast from the past. So cool that he could enjoy them too. Thank-you!!
I’d love to win so I can play these with my family.
this would be great to win all theses games for our family game night
This would be great to win so we can use it for family nights.
Our family is growing and we could use a new stash of board games for bonding on those chilly days and nights! 🙂
Id love to win as I love playing board games 🙂
Would love to play this with the family!
love to win because our family loves games and game night. Some great games in this win.
My family loves games nights especially around holiday times.
I would like to win because I love all the games that are in the giveaway but my childhood sets are all worn and old. I’d like new sets for my children to play with.
these would be fun games to play with friends and family!
would like to win so that we can play some new games
I would love to win, because then I can play with my family.
I would love to win because we are always looking to grow our games collection. We love playing games together as a family
I would love to win these because I love board games, I think they are a great way to spend family time and my daughter is finally old enough to play them. ??? I could see us having a blast with them, specially in the winter.
I’d like to win because my family loves playing board games together.
a yes for my grandchildren and the adults…. family night …. everyone needs more of them