Solving family communication problems between children and parents by using Mobile Serious Games

This paper adopts an innovative approach by using Mobile Serious Game (MGS) to produce edutainment mobile games which allow children to learn the meaning of filial piety to parents during the process of playing. The objective of this kind of game is to let children understand the meaning and connotation of 24 filial piety stories in ancient China, realize the importance of filial piety and know how to give their parents something in return. The finding of this research has shown the acceptance rate is high among those target groups and the relationship between children and parents can be enhanced while they are playing the games together. More importantly, the approach in this paper significantly offers an effective communication channel to the children and parents.