Today we are posting a review for all of you on a fabulous board game for teens called ThriveTime for Teens which is geared towards teenagers aged 13 years and older. This game is by a company called Pay Your Family First and the game was developed by their CEO & Founder named Sharon Lechter. ThriveTime for teens is the first-of-its-kind money & life reality board game just for teenagers. The game offers fun, interactive and family-fun approach to empowering teens with the basic financial skills, each decision in the game either drives you to thriving success or diving debt. The game delivers real-life experiences with credit cards, jobs, work/life balance, time management, savings and charity.
Our Review: We received this board game a few weeks ago to review so I invited my 10 year old nephew and his 13 year old brother over to our home for a game play date with us. We spent 10 minutes or so reading over the instructions which were pretty easy to understand. Hubby and I helped each of the boys but basically it was the two of them playing against one another. Each player starts as a teenager with a part time job and throughout the game they are faced with real life scenarios around which they will make decisions on how to spend their time & money. Each decision the boys made had a financial impact on them and they updated their game sheet (their own personal financial statement) as they played the game. During each turn one of them would draw a game card that describes situations ranging from losing $100 off their pay check at their part time job for being late to work, how to make extra money by doing chores or odd jobs for neighbors & friends, how to invest in stock, save or pay for college, how to come up with money to donate to charity and so forth. The game continues on until one player reaches the thrive circle on the game board.
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It took the boys almost an hour to play the game and they had a great time playing it. Hubby and I found it pretty insightful on how teenagers view money and how they would save/spend it. I think adults would even have fun playing this game and it’s a great game for family game night if you have older children/teens to play it with.
Purchasing Information: This game ThriveTime for Teens is available for purchase at http://www.thrivetimegame.com and at Teaching Stuff locations in Phoenix, Arizona. The game retails for $29.95 and makes a great gift for teens!
We would like to thank ThriveTime for Teens for sending us this wonder and important board game to play with the kids in our family. We will be playing it again with them as we feel it teaches them valuable learning lessons when it comes to handling money. We give the game a big two thumbs up!!!
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