{"id":974,"date":"2025-03-19T02:39:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T07:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happymazes.com\/sk\/1-why-did-we-create-this-website-called-happy-mazes\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T02:39:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T07:39:58","slug":"1-why-did-we-create-this-website-called-happy-mazes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happymazes.com\/sk\/1-why-did-we-create-this-website-called-happy-mazes\/","title":{"rendered":"1 &#8211; Why did we create this website called Happy Mazes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 5-year-old girl named Sarah recently got super hooked on short videos. She spent hours and hours glued to her phone, forgetting everything around her and even refusing to go outside to play.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/happymazes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/daughter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happymazes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/daughter.jpg 500w, https:\/\/happymazes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/daughter-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/happymazes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/daughter-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/happymazes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/daughter-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The impact of those short videos was huge; they were stealing the little girl\u2019s attention and creativity, trapping her in a world run by recommendation algorithms. It was clear she was losing her ability to think and imagine.<\/p>\n<p>Her parents were really worried and decided it was time for a change. Luckily, the little girl loved solving mazes! Yes, that\u2019s definitely a fun game for kids!<\/p>\n<p>So, her parents bought all sorts of maze books, and she could finish them in just minutes after getting them. They had to search online for different mazes too, but many of them weren\u2019t very pretty or exciting.<\/p>\n<p>One day, her dad had an idea: why not create our own mazes? He spent a few days making some samples, and the little girl was amazed\u2014she loved them! Her dad felt really encouraged by this.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/happymazes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/daddy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happymazes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/daddy.jpg 500w, https:\/\/happymazes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/daddy-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/happymazes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/daddy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/happymazes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/daddy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>To speed things up with making more mazes, mom joined in as well. The little girl was thrilled because now there were all kinds of mazes to enjoy every day\u2014whether printed out or on the iPad!<\/p>\n<p>Then one day, mom had another great idea: what if lots of other kids around the world would love these mazes too? We could post them online so everyone could find and download them easily\u2014and then kids could jump right into playing when they saw them!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/happymazes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mommy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happymazes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mommy.jpg 500w, https:\/\/happymazes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mommy-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/happymazes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mommy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/happymazes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mommy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>And that\u2019s how our website called Happy Mazes came about! We hope that many children will be able to enjoy these mazes like Sarah!<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 5-year-old girl named Sarah recently got super hooked on short videos. She spent hours and hours glued to her phone, forgetting everything around her and even refusing to go outside to play. 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