One of the most entertaining activities that can be enjoyed by a group of friends or family is settling down to a good board game. There is a wide variety of choices, from the very popular ones like Scrabble and Monopoly, to more unique ones like DAKON. If you have young children, there is nothing they desire more than an opportunity to sit and play with you. It builds stronger bonds, helps them learn new things and helps strengthen their competitive needs growing up.
It may not be directly educational but other necessary life skills like not giving up, effective communication, learning to play in an orderly fashion with others, being fair, spelling, counting and improved ability for mental calculations can all be side effects of playing board games. The time spent playing with your children is also quality time which may be scarce due to busy work schedules. There are restrictions and rules to be followed, very much like everyday life as it involves interactions with others, they will subconsciously learn these skills with a board game session. For young kids, it can be quite a big event, they will take it very seriously so it may be ok to adopt special rules (which you will decide as the adult) to help them cope better with the likely frustration of losing, or you may even let them win from time to time, after all the time spent together is really the most important factor.
Playing board games with young children will be beneficial as they get older because they would have learnt from an early age the importance of playing fair, recognizing boundaries/rules, self-confidence and better social skills. It is absolutely fine to put away the computer games console some days and spend time having a laugh and helping your child develop important life skills through playing a board game.
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