As children grow up, the usual thing is that there comes a time when cease to be interested in shared games and traditional toys they are losing ground in front of the technological ones.
It doesn't mean you stop playing, it's just a different phase. But certain benefits of the game are lost, which ceases to be an effective means of communication with colleagues or family, something that games that promote socialization provide.
If in childhood it is when more time we dedicate parents to play with children, from 12 years old only 8'4% of boys play daily with their parents. At these ages, what is usually done together is watching TV.
But the timeshare figures are also devastating in other areas: only 19.2% of children share leisure activities, movies, culture, sports ... with their parents. And that despite the fact that at these ages, around preadolescence and adolescence, it is still essential for its development.
When do we stop sharing so much time with our children? Is it late to resume closer contact with them? Surely there are as many answers as there are families, but if there is a tendency, the current way of life drags us: a lot of work and little time for children.
This is indicated by a recent study on the "Adult perception of toys in Spain", from which interesting conclusions are drawn. Parents generally value toys in a very positive way, stimulating the intelligence and development of children, although the analysis shows the lack of time to play with them.
Everyone, children, young people, adults, the elderly ... play and enjoy a playful attitude, even if it is done from different prisms. The point is that possibly the childhood game is the most important of life, because it occurs when we are growing and training as people.
Therefore, if we want to keep or extend the moments of games with our children, which will lead to sharing more time in the future (good game, good sport and leisure appropriate to their ages), we have to favor those games and look for more Time to devote to playing with the little ones.
By having fun together, we foster the exchange of personal experiences, strengthen emotional bonds and lay the foundations for good intergenerational communication.
Of course, children will grow and have new interests, they will expand their circle of affections ... but we will have established a solid foundation for continue having fun with our children by spending time on games.
