Besides the life lessons imparted by my loving parents, I learned a lot about living from the Board games I played as a child.
I learned that children are expensive from the game of Life. I learned that things are often not as they appear on the surface from Clue. And, I learned to make good choices from Chutes and Ladders.
All three are identified as being among the Top 10 Board Games for kids by FamilyEducation.com. As is Monopoly.
But, is the new edition of the venerable board game, expected out next month, really what we want to teach our kids?
It's called Monopoly: Cheaters Edition...and, according to Fast Company, it "plays faster, zanier, and perhaps more apropos of the current socio-political climate. Most of all, it’s a version of Monopoly that properly reflects the impulses inside our own dark hearts."
One of the available cheats encourages players to steal money from the bank. If one is clever enough to pull it off, they not only get to keep the money but receive bonus cash. To be sure, if you get caught, you have to wear a handcuff connected to the Board. But, still...
Call me old-fashioned...but is validating cheating something we want to teach our kids?
Just sayin...
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