The game of rough and Battle! has always been a Dadnamic thing I play with the boys. The variation for my daughter is Wild Girl! The goal is to act silly, get the energy out (especially in the winter), and use ridiculous WWF style moves to win. These moves are not limited to “The Hurricane”, “The Tornado”, “Steamroller”, and “The Bone Crusher”. Nor are they limited to superpowers like Spiderman’s “Webbing” or Superman’s “Freezing” or the Hulk’s “Hulk Smash”. They are all legal moves in an all-out assault to throw the opponent off the bed.
When we have enough time, a best-of-three is in order to declare the winner. But in shorter time windows, we do a single game winner-takes-all Battle!
I highly, highly recommend Battle! for YOU and YOUR kids, and especially your boys between 2 and 6. They love this game. Plus, it has one of the highest ROI’s on Creative Connection that I’ve experimented with in Dadnamics.
The concept of Return on Investment is tossed all over the entrepreneurial space by guys like Gary Vaynerchuk. He asks, “What is the ROI on social media?” It’s not as clear-cut as investing into a company or mutual fund. They have data and analytics that you can study before you make the investment. But what about the intangibles? What is the ROI on reading self-improvement books at night? We would all agree that the ROI is very high, but we cannot quantify it.
Now that you’re tracking me, let’s move these questions to your kids. What is the ROI of 1-on-1 creative connection time with your son or daughter? It’s HUGE!!! You can’t possibly quantify it with numbers. But I can tell you this. When you use Dadnamics as an ROI tool for your relationship, you will get huge smiles, hugs, and affection from your little ones.
Beat that in the stock market!
