Game is a leading activity for preschoolers and an important activity for younger schoolchildren. Everything that children play later turns into real life. The game is a kind of rehearsal for adult life. Most likely, few adults will say that they have never played the game “Mothers and Daughters”. Or he won’t remember among his toys from the past a box with plastic tools called “Hospital” or “Barbershop”. And already, as adults, we can remember what we liked most and who we wanted to be, how we planned to manage our lives. You may be surprised to discover that what was a game in childhood has now become your professional activity or way of life. Someone became a policeman, someone became a doctor, a hairdresser, a bus driver, etc. What do modern children want to become? And do they want to? Do they know who they can be? And how are they supposed to find out? Of course, children will receive answers to all these questions through the game. But recently, parents have begun to complain that their children do not play regular games at all, they are not interested. More and more often, children watch TV or play war games, racing, shooting games, treasure hunts, tanks, etc. on the computer. And then what do children want to become? Those who are their heroes in these games. And this is a soldier running through labyrinths with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, with bazookas, etc., pirates looking for treasure, etc. Don't think that I'm great at this, but believe me, children know the names of all the tools that can be used in the game. This makes you feel a little uneasy, the picture of the future emerges a little creepy, you might think! What is the reason that makes children become interested in computers and TV? The answer is very simple. In our energetic, rapidly changing world, parents are busy thinking about how to provide for their children, improve their everyday life, their lives. To do this, they have to work a lot and for a long time and have no time left for the kids, to play with them, to communicate, talk, or search for the meaning of life and the future. After all, more often than not, parents lately say to their baby: “Go to your room, do something. I'm tired (or tired)." Children have no choice but to occupy themselves with at least something. And now in the progressive age everyone has a TV and a computer. Why not be friends with these amazing products of technological advancement. Happy children are those who communicate with grandmothers who can play with children (sew dresses for dolls, bedding for cribs, build garages from construction sets, or arrange for repairs of broken cars). Nowadays, parents do not repair toys, but throw them away and buy new ones, thereby devaluing the toy and its role in the development of their baby. Remember your childhood, did you often throw away broken toys? Or did you take care of them, darn them, glue them, repair them? Were you any more unhappy because of this? No, you learned to appreciate, care, cherish. What to do? How can we help our children? The answer is still simple. Play with them in the evening, on weekends, show them how to interact with toys correctly, how to play with them, make toys together with your own hands. Nothing brings parents and children closer together than joint activities and communication. Play role-playing games with the whole family over the weekend: “Hospital”, “Barbershop”, “Bus”, “Postman”, “Shop”, “School”, “Kindergarten”. You'll be surprised how engaged your kids will be with this. In order for kids to start playing on their own, they need to be taught this, interested, and then asked to play on their own. It depends on adults whether children will grow up to be angry, offended and vindictive or kind, sympathetic and loving. This doesn't mean you have to throw away your computer and turn off the TV. This means finding time to socialize and play with your children. Give them your love and affection, not through providing for their physiological needs (clothed, shod, fed), but through interaction with the adults loved by the baby. Good luck and patience.