: About Me

Too new to know what to write here. I guess it'll fill up eventually. For now, be content with this. Less is more, I've heard.

My passion is ...

Me

I know too much about ...

Myself

My parents always told me ...

I'm special

My childhood ambition ...

To live up to my parents expectations

My favorite memory ...

I show no favoritism

Why I write ...

I need to be heard.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Nothing of any importance

My first job ...

Washing up in a restaurant, aged about 12.

My best moment ...

Isn't this similar to 'favorite memory?' Look - I can't think of one I'd want to share. Leave me alone.

My inspiration ...

Nah...

Hobbies & Games > Board Games How board games teach children basic skills

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What can your child learn from board games? Just about anything. Games are small simulations of real life. Chess, for example, is an ancient board game based on the politics of the battlefield. You can show a child the pieces and ask them which are the most powerful. Perhaps it was irony that made the Queen a more powerful piece than the King or maybe the idea is rooted in truth. But what is a board game? Operation is a board game. What skills are used to play it? Mostly manual dexterity. The game involves removing comic organs from a cartoon patient avoiding the tell tale electric buzzer ...

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