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Isn't it funny how things can change so dramatically in a generation? I was telling my eldest daughter to go to bed the other night and she was doing her usual trick of using every delaying tactic in the book and I said, "go to bed, do not pass go, do not collect £200". She simply looked at me with a confused face and asked me what I meant. Only a few days later, when I was delirious with exhaustion, a friend told me to "go to bed, do not pass go and do not collect £200". I smiled. 

My daughter had no idea that the phrase I used was from Monopoly, especially when in the modern game the monetary values are multiplied by 10,000, so instead of £200 it is £2,000,000 and all payments are made by card. Admitedly, I very rarely carry cash with me, so the use of the card is much more relevant to our household but it still makes me a little sad that "old fashioned" games cannot just stay the way they are.

I remember my grandad teaching me how to play chess and we would sit there for hours on end working out the next move. I cannot imagine my daughters sitting still for that long ..... unless there was a touch screen and interactive prompts.

Technology is very much part of our household and our daily life (clearly evident by our online boutique and blog) but it would be lovely to switch it off and just go back to basics. We still love to draw (with real pens and pencils), we craft and we make daisy chains but the girls have TV programmes on demand, technology at their fingertips and computer skills better than my mum!

In reality I know that life moves on and things change but wouldn't it be nice to play solitaire with real cards or a game of chess without the hints and tips? Or should I simply accept that I cannot pass go, I cannot collect £200 and I cannot go back?

Do you miss the simplicity of your childhood or am I wearing rose tinted glasses?

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