Online games have been getting the bad rap from parents as many children are unable to manage their time well when they spend too much time on online games. If parents create reasonable guidelines with their children and create positive agreements around playing online games, then struggles like kids neglecting their homework, staying up late playing on their computers, disinterest in school activities and problems with children isolating themselves will not become an issue. The key is once you’ve set out the rules and guidelines on gaming time, you as the parent has to follow through and reward or revoke the privilege accordingly.
Parents can make game time a reward by setting their child’s gaming time contingent to her actually fulfilling or failing a goal. For example, your child can be allowed to play for an hour on school days if she maintains a certain grade or completes all her homework.
If gaming time is managed well, online games can bring some benefits to a child. They can help supplement your child’s learning curve and teach them key life skills such as:
1. Help your child exercise creativity.
2. Enable your child to learn a little about setting and achieving goals
3. Enable your child to work on online social skills
4. Your child can absorb information in a fun way
5. Help your child with attention to details
6. Create problem-solving and planning skills
7. Help build resilience.
Cass is an online games junkie and she’s pretty adept in all the games that she plays. Now that she’s 13, she knows how to manage her time in a way that she has the time to play online games and time to finish her homework. Late submission of homework in her high school would mean marks being deducted, so it’s a great deterrent to her from submitting her homework late.
Cass has been playing online games since she was 3 years old when I got her an iPad. She started off with educational online games that are interactive. That’s where she learned her ABCs, 123s, ‘suku kata’ (Malay phonics), English phonics, Math equations and much more. She’s now hooked on games within Roblox such as Arsenal, Islands, Jailbreak and some other simulator games (bee swarm, sushi shop, bubble gum, etc.) and a few others that she explores when she has the time. Sometimes she plays Minecraft and Super Tetris. I like Super Tetris too and we sometimes play it together. Super Tetris is a brain exercise game. According to a study, brain imaging shows playing Tetris leads to a thicker cortex and may also increase brain efficiency. Whenever I have too much worries on my mind, playing Tetris is one of the ways that help me to de-stress.
Do you want to know where you can play online games like Super Tetris, Pac Rat and many more for FREE? Check out Plays.org, a website where everyone can play fun online games for free and the best part is all the games can be quickly played from the browser on desktop computers, iPads, laptops, Kindly Fire and mobile devices.
Another game that I like from Plays.org is Pac Rat, a game similar to the classic Pac Man. While Pac Man is brutally difficult after the first few levels, Pac Rat is much easier than Pac Man and I actually prefer games that are not too difficult. My aim of playing games is to de-stress and it makes me feel accomplished when I score high in my games 😆
Flight Simulator Air Traffic Control is a fun brain-teaser game for both children and adults. Cass and I had fun playing it. The goal is to safely land planes and helicopters on the right landing pads and without causing the aircrafts to collide. It sounds easy but the aircrafts keep popping out from the sides so quickly that I didn’t even have the time to strategize how best to maneuver the respective aircrafts to their destinations on the best routes to avoid a collision.
Plays.org has over 100 browser-based games which you can easily find from their user-friendly website. There is a catalog which is located at the bottom of the website where all the games are listed, such as Animal, Golf, Physics, Strategy, Simulation and much more. And there’s no annoying advertisements on this gaming website. Another plus point!
If you’re an online game stan and are looking for some free fun games to play, Plays.org is the place to go to. But play with caution as the games can be quite addictive 😉
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