AnneOnParenting

Everyone should have one of these, at least once a month.  Set aside one day, or a few hours at least, and play games with your teens.  Sure, you are thinking your teen does not want to hang out with you.  And that is where you are wrong.  We lose the connection with our children as they grow up in part because we stop trying.  Have your teen invite a friend, too.  In fact, I invited Frankie’s boyfriend, Richard, to come over and play board games with us yesterday.Lulu, Benny, and I pulled out a few games: Scrabble, Clue, and PayDay.

Lulu did not want to play Scrabble, besides it is a four player game and with Richard there were five of us.  We had not played PayDay in a while so that was the winner.   The plan was to play a few games.  What happened was a marathon game of PayDay with me singing the money song.  You know, the one from the Apprentice: Money, money, money, mon-eee!

Benny went broke early on and watched from the sidelines.  Lulu had the winning lottery ticket since she won most of those.  I won one lottery and did the happy money winning dance.  At one point I pulled out my cell phone and play the theme from Fraggle Rock and declared a dance break.   Well, we are an odd bunch.  That is part of our charm.

At four o’clock we ended the game as Frankie had piano lessons.  Richard won and I came in second.  I honestly do not recall if Frankie or Lulu was third.  Not that it matters.  Winning is fun, but not the point of the game.  Now it is time to play Scrabble with Benny and Frankie.  What game are you going to choose?