{"id":2024,"date":"2022-12-13T11:37:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T11:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dadstuffsite.com\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2023-05-28T11:32:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T11:32:05","slug":"15-card-games-to-teach-your-kids-that-dont-suck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dadstuffsite.com\/15-card-games-to-teach-your-kids-that-dont-suck\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Card Games to Teach Your Kids (That Don’t Suck)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Have you ever looked at your kids as they watched TV for the third straight hour?  Slumped shoulders, flaccid limbs, vacant expression?  I\u2019m often reminded of the old Calvin and Hobbes cartoon in which Calvin describes the ideal TV-watching experience:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Notice how I keep my jaw slack, so my mouth hangs open. I try not to swallow either, so I drool, and I keep my eyes half-focused so I don\u2019t use any muscles at all.  I take a passive entertainment and extend the passivity to my entire being. I wallow in my lack of participation and response. I\u2019m utterly inert. \u2026I can almost feel my neural transmitters shutting down.”<\/p>\n~Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And now, think guiltily about how many times you have allowed your children to convert their brains to warm tapioca by watching the tube for hours on end.  Feel the guilt. Wallow in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t misunderstand me – TV is a great distraction from those screaming wrestling matches. It\u2019s fine for the kids. They\u2019ll be ok.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what about you?  That guilt, man! That guilt is annoying.  Rather than continuing to let that those nagging feelings of inadequate parenting get you down, you should do something to fix the problem.  This article will add a tool to your kit and help you shed that pesky \u2018bad dad\u2019 feeling you get when you turn parenting responsibilities over to Lego ninjas and forest creatures that inexplicably live under water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s time to teach your kids some card games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are fifteen card games that are easy to learn and fun to play with your kids. The detailed rules are not presented. Rather this list is to guide you on your card-learning adventure by identifying great games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Card Games for Small Children<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Go Fish<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The ol\u2019 classic. If you haven\u2019t learned Go Fish already, you are without hope and you can stop reading now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Go Fish, you take turns guessing what cards another player has in his or her hand. If you guess right, you get that pair of cards (yours and theirs) and take another turn. If you guess wrong, they tell you to \u201cGo Fish\u201d and you draw a card from the draw pile and it is their turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winner has the most pairs collected when one of the players is out of cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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