Parents may wish to explore the educational and social value of LARPing. Those include but are not limited to:
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- Exercise
- Playing Outside
- Friendships
- Social Skills
- Communication Skills
- Problem Solving
- Negotiation Skills
- Strategy
- Creativity
- Imagination
- Story Writing
- World Building
- Character Creation & Character Development
- Blogging
- Costume Design & Costume Construction
- Prop Design & Prop Construction
- Mock weapon foamsmithing
Parents may also be interested in the academic research behind the educational and social value of LARPing:
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- “LARPing the Past: Research Report on High-School Edu-LARP,” by Michal Mochocki, pages 132-149 in Wyrd Con Companion Book, edited by Sarah Lynne Bowman (©2014).
- “At This Danish School, LARPing Is the Future of Education: It’s Education Through Live-Action RPGs, and It’s Spreading,” by Mike Pearl on Vice.com (2015 Oct 7).
- “LARPing Saved My Life,” Profiles by Vice, Season 1, Episode 20 (video) (2015 Oct 7).
- “Learning by Playing – LARP As a Teaching Method,” by Myriel Balzer & Julia Kurz on Nordic LARP (2015 Mar 04).
- “Five Hidden Benefits of LARP: Education, Networking, Health, Social Skills, Creative Outlets,” by Anna Sharptony on Keep on the Heathlands (2017 Apr 17 – 2017 May 22).
- Nordic LARP Talks, a series of short, entertaining, thought-provoking and mind-boggling lectures about projects and ideas from the tradition of Nordic LARP.