![]() Worm will carry the scars of Jenga for the rest of his life all because we didn’t read the label. Ok, so he was doing that before, but it seems like more liquid comes out of him now. He now wets himself, spits up, and cries. So, Jenga has set my son back mentally and emotionally. ![]() And this is where I started to reevaluate that “Ages 6 to adult” idea.Īt Least He Got One Piece Out of the Container. When the Worm was presented with his new Jenga game, we allowed him to first try to get the container open. I don’t know how many versions of Jenga are out there, but I’m assuming (which only makes an ass out of U and Ming, poor girl) that every Jenga has the same blocks that get stacked up and removed individually, with the reward of forcing a player to chug a beer or take a shot if one can keep the stack from crumbling to the ground. But hey, this is America, where no child is left behind and the bar is set really low for educational pursuits so every child feels good about him or herself because that’s what’s really important in the world, not competition nor the drive to try to be the best you can be. Personally, I didn’t realize that playing with blocks was conceptually advanced for a baby’s brain to wrap around. Mattel states that Jenga is a game for “Ages 6 to adult”. Since Worm is lacking the traditional social skills of humans (verbal communication, nonverbal communication, emotional control, etc.), we decide that playing Jenga is a major socialization tool to increase his collection of friends at future milk and chicken pox parties. It’s mainly a game played (while inebriated) at an event where there’s more casual acquaintances and unknowns rather than friends. The toy that taught me and Worm a valuable life lesson is Jenga. So, I just toss the recommendations out the window…Well, I used to. But why bother? Either you can play with it, or you can’t.
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