Another Games Question

Ooh, I'm excited to play games with the boys now that they can (yay!)

But I'm competitive. So my question is:


Do you let your kids win when you play games with them? If so, by a lot, a little, or do you just wing it?

 

Wing it. And to be honest..Anthony almost always wins. I kid you not!

Or I play again til someone else wins.

 

I don't really "let" them win unless I've won several in a row And if a game is taking FO-EV-ER I sometimes cheat a little to help it along

But I'm very very big on not making a big deal about winning, but making a huge deal about having fun together! So whoever wins, we cheer and say "Yay that was such a great game, so much fun! Thank you for playing with me!" We don't make a big deal about who wins

 

No. I think they need to know how to lose. But honestly, we play games like Candy Land and what not, so I don't always win. But I always tell them win or lose, good game and good job being good sports about it all.
When we play cards, we play in teams. One is on DH's team and one is on mine.

 

Our favorite game of the moment is Candyland so it is what it is. We just play the game and whoever wins, wins. Like Nancy I do think it's important to learn that sometimes you lose. Especially in our house right now, because for whatever reason they've been very competitive and stuck on who wins.

 

No we don't let them win. I think it is important to learn that you don't always win at things and that we need to play nicely (be a good sport). It is a continued lesson for them.

 

It depends. Games that are purely chance (eg snakes and ladders) I just let play out, although like Danielle if it's taking ages I sometimes 'help' them so that we get finished.

Games that I could easily beat them if I tried (matching pairs, snap) I will not try hard at to give them a fighting chance. So I will turn over a new card instead of getting the pair to give them a chance at remembering it or I will wait for a beat or two before saying snap. That doesn't mean that I always let them win, but I sometimes do and I always make it a close result. I figure they won't want to play if they feel that there is no hope of winning.
As they get older they obviously get better and so then some things can be played as I normally would (A & B are fast at snap now so I do play normally against them), but then other things crop up instead. Like all my twins enjoy go fish but find holding a hand of cards and sorting through them without letting anyone see difficult. So when we play I make sure to be looking down at my own cards a lot to avoid seeing theirs. I don't see it as letting them win so much as levelling the playing field a bit.

 

Same here. And after each game, since the day they started playing games, we all have to look each other in the eye, shake hands and say good game!

 

The main game we play is dinosaur bingo. And we play until everybody wins

 

I don't let mine win. But Nick has been kicking all our butts at Uno since he was 2.5. Sometimes I think he lets us win... :lol: