The Value of Games: The Power of Iteration

The biggest advantage of games is that they transcend time and space—you can save and reload. Life doesn't allow do-overs, but games do. Through repeated attempts, your experience and understanding of the world keep growing, which for young students is hardly a bad thing.

This is also an unwritten rule of life: every failure builds experience you can draw on when you get back up, rather than starting from scratch.