Comments on: Why Traditional Games Are Good http://blog.stevetierney.org/2009/08/25/why-traditional-games-are-good/ A Fenland Conservative Blog by Steve Tierney Fri, 18 May 2012 00:18:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Debbie Clark http://blog.stevetierney.org/2009/08/25/why-traditional-games-are-good/#comment-214 Debbie Clark Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:15:31 +0000 http://blog.stevetierney.org/2009/08/25/why-traditional-games-are-good/#comment-214 The game sounds frightening in complexity to someone who even hates Monopoly! However, it doesn't surprise me that your lad with ADHD had no problems concentrating for hours at a time. As a mother of a son with ADD (although he has some hyperative traits) I know that the misconception is that these people cannot concentrate. Not true. They cannot choose WHEN to concentrate and it is often tasks they find enjoyable that they are able to concentrate for longer periods, especially if they also respond to medication. My son had tremendous problems at school and it was only when the special needs department manufactured a pupil inviting him to come along to the Warhammer Club, he found a traditional game, also complex in its nature, that held his concentration and proved the turning point in socialising with, and being accepted by, other pupils. It also improved his manual dexterity as the models (most of which are very small) needed assembling and painting. Online gaming is his other love, but nothing in my opinion compares to the face to face interaction traditional games provide. The game sounds frightening in complexity to someone who even hates Monopoly! However, it doesn’t surprise me that your lad with ADHD had no problems concentrating for hours at a time. As a mother of a son with ADD (although he has some hyperative traits) I know that the misconception is that these people cannot concentrate. Not true. They cannot choose WHEN to concentrate and it is often tasks they find enjoyable that they are able to concentrate for longer periods, especially if they also respond to medication.

My son had tremendous problems at school and it was only when the special needs department manufactured a pupil inviting him to come along to the Warhammer Club, he found a traditional game, also complex in its nature, that held his concentration and proved the turning point in socialising with, and being accepted by, other pupils. It also improved his manual dexterity as the models (most of which are very small) needed assembling and painting.

Online gaming is his other love, but nothing in my opinion compares to the face to face interaction traditional games provide.

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