It was a Sunday Afternoon and a lazy one... I wanted to sleep and actually just sleep.
But then ... you will be woken by a soft nudge and a few soft "momma are you sleeping?" whispers.
It then dawns, that you are a mom, a really tired one who waits for Sundays to just fill up the Sleep o' Meter.
And then you have a kid - a 7 year old who waits for this 'Sunday' to find avenues to engage with his mother.
I happen to be in the domain of HR, and devise strategies to engage employees at workplace and did I just miss out on my kid's engagement.
I have to think of various techniques to keep him engaged lest he moves to the Screen Monster waiting to gobble down all kids through their not so unique shows.
" Lets Play, Mumma", came a timid request and drove me back from my slumber.
Hey! Lets Play ... Should we try Ludo...
Momma that's just a roll of dice and you don't decide, you just go like a remote controlled piece. Don't you have something better? Something which I choose.
The conversations with a 7 year old was turning to be meaningful when I realised, that's what engagement initiatives are. Something where people choose and apply and get engaged.
That's when I decided to start up my Board Games Cafe!
A Cafe where families , friends, teams get together and engage with each other.
Games which actually help you converse with each other , understand the different perspectives and in the process, you spend time , real quality time with each other, which today's menacing schedules have turned you into a Gadget controlled Dodo.
The Games that I love to play with my kid are few typical ones like Scotland Yard, Cluedo, Chess but the really unique ones are the Mountaineering Challenge, Stratego, Search for the Lost Dutch Man's Gold Mine, Junkyard Games... the list goes on forever.
It was in one of the family ( read customer) get togethers, I noticed two kids talking to each other in between their slurps of Maggi ( we serve Maggi too ).
"I never knew Mom's a Whacko- She's superb in the game."" So is Daddy but could do better."
"Never knew they could take out time for this session, but am just loving it."
I loved this eaves dropping on the kids and an overwhelming calm swept over me...
I picked up my phone, my kid would be back from School I guess...
Hey! Want to come over in the evening to the Cafe with Dad! I just got a new game.
"1,2,3 Lets Roll the Dice"
But then ... you will be woken by a soft nudge and a few soft "momma are you sleeping?" whispers.
It then dawns, that you are a mom, a really tired one who waits for Sundays to just fill up the Sleep o' Meter.
And then you have a kid - a 7 year old who waits for this 'Sunday' to find avenues to engage with his mother.
I happen to be in the domain of HR, and devise strategies to engage employees at workplace and did I just miss out on my kid's engagement.
I have to think of various techniques to keep him engaged lest he moves to the Screen Monster waiting to gobble down all kids through their not so unique shows.
" Lets Play, Mumma", came a timid request and drove me back from my slumber.
Hey! Lets Play ... Should we try Ludo...
Momma that's just a roll of dice and you don't decide, you just go like a remote controlled piece. Don't you have something better? Something which I choose.
The conversations with a 7 year old was turning to be meaningful when I realised, that's what engagement initiatives are. Something where people choose and apply and get engaged.
That's when I decided to start up my Board Games Cafe!
A Cafe where families , friends, teams get together and engage with each other.
Games which actually help you converse with each other , understand the different perspectives and in the process, you spend time , real quality time with each other, which today's menacing schedules have turned you into a Gadget controlled Dodo.
The Games that I love to play with my kid are few typical ones like Scotland Yard, Cluedo, Chess but the really unique ones are the Mountaineering Challenge, Stratego, Search for the Lost Dutch Man's Gold Mine, Junkyard Games... the list goes on forever.
It was in one of the family ( read customer) get togethers, I noticed two kids talking to each other in between their slurps of Maggi ( we serve Maggi too ).
"I never knew Mom's a Whacko- She's superb in the game."" So is Daddy but could do better."
"Never knew they could take out time for this session, but am just loving it."
I loved this eaves dropping on the kids and an overwhelming calm swept over me...
I picked up my phone, my kid would be back from School I guess...
Hey! Want to come over in the evening to the Cafe with Dad! I just got a new game.
"1,2,3 Lets Roll the Dice"
