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Some of my earliest memories are playing cards with my grandmother – she taught us poker when we were about 5. Played "Penny Poker" or with matchsticks/toothpicks. It was "fun" not "gambling". Taught me a lot about cards, life, counting, etc.
My other grandmother (and the whole family) played bridge and/or dominoes (specifically 42) and never taught us kids. Looking back I can’t believe it. My childhood memories are of those dominoes rattling on the card table and plunk-plunk as they played their hand. Did you know the game 42 was invented in Texas because Baptists didn’t allow card playing on Sundays? But they allowed and enjoyed dominoes? My dad’s family were hard-shell Baptists. Don’t get in their way of a good 42 game.
All of the mixed comments are very interesting!
in my formative years (second through seventh grade) – now don’t feel sorry for me – I think it was the best thing that ever happened not sitting in front of the t.v. for three hours a night.
Dad was military and we traveled all over the world – so no t.v. (not until mid-70’s when we got to see reruns of "Mash" or "Gunsmoke" on the ‘Armed Forces Network’…but earlier, if you watched t.v. in the late 60’s and 70’s overseas – you cannot appreciate how boring the other countries t.v. shows were then…opera, ballet, puppet shows (they WERE boring), and endless talk (and not the Ophra or O’Reilly kind).
So for entertainment for all of the military brat kids was the library, playing with friends, riding bikes, summer camp, art classes on base, and on the weekend nights playing cards with the family – my parents taught me Canasta, Blackjack, Poker, Hearts, Spades, etc…we kids also played War and Old Maid card games too… Knowing how to play card games has always been a way to break the ice with strangers and make friends.
has been outlawed now too! Talk about PCness…And yes, I remember my dad flashing the porch lights on in the summer time about 930 or 1000ish (and it was safe!!!) when we were outside playing with our friends and we kids better darn well be running through the front door when he was done flashing the lights or else! Thanks for that memory!
card and board games with my kids all the time. I have had some children who can’t deal with losing or brag constantly when they win, so my game times are actually major teaching times for not only the reading skill but also ‘how to be a good sport" when you play and that you will never always win and likewise, you will never always lose. Slowly, they get the idea. I, like you and many others, learned these lessons at home but now it seems to be the schools’ responsibility. As a kid, all of us played those neighborhood games, went biking, walking to the beach, hide and go seek (especially at dusk was always a fun one), and we had to be in when it got dark. I also remember every parent/adult in the neighborhood keeping an ‘eye’ on us. I know I rode the bike and walked many more miles in a summer day than the kids of today do! We also didn’t have the junk food that the kids eat today so what we ate, quickly was used for energy. Kids today are so ‘over-scheduled’ with adult activities and they don’t develop skills of: leadership, decision-making, turn-taking, sharing, creativity, time-management, coping skills, etc. Yes, some do have those but I think in general we all developed those skills. Fond memories.
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