Gender equality in games? Not easy
I've bought a game for my child, "Dragon Tower", it is a collaborative game for children and adults; were all the players win, or all loose, and they have to work together towards a common goal, rescue a princess kidnapped by a dragon. But most of the rescuers are boys and one of the players seems the princess, so, taking an idea of a blogger I "changed" the rules for my child, we are not rescuing the princess, we are rescuing her pet and all the prince and princess friends are helping to that rescue. We have played several times, as it it only 5 to 10 minutes of play and my child see the pet rescue as something normal, and also, understands that the princess is also helping to that rescue... something that should be normal, but, strange, it does not seem to be normal.
Here you have a sample of that game...
Ah! In this game, the children also practice memory (searching the correct images), dexterity (building the tower and rescuing the pet) and collaboration/dialogue (Coordinating between themselves to rescue the pet)
What do you think about it?
It looks like a nice game and I liked the changes you made. All together in a pet rescue mission seems more normal to me (and useful for the kids) than the classic mission of saving the princess.
Thank you! It's not easy to be able to see this kind of segregation/sexism and is something I'd like not to pass to my child.
What gender is your child? Regardless, I think this is a great adaptation for all children!
He is a 5-year-old boy. Thank you!
That's so incredible!
Incredible? Why? I try not to limit his curiosity or ways of thinking... simply to try to keep his mind open. Thank you.
More like unique - wish more parents did things like this these days.
Thank you! My wife and me just are trying to educate our child with the minimum possible prejudices or "preset" ways of thinking that our society is trying to set. Free mind allows you to have more perspective. ;)
Thank you for your words.
Memory games are always good for learning of children. Nice share!
The memory part of the game are the small green cards where players search which colour choose or dragon move... and the detail dexterity is to push the plastic token to the holes, avoiding a high fall. It's nice to see how children get this game fast and naturally...