Introducing leadership skills: seeing both sides of persuasion and influencing: Within the Perfect City quest children will understand that influencing and persuading are both leadership skills which can increase productivity in a team. The ability to influence others' actions and opinions is a valuable asset. Should the children feel content with the results of their activity and feel motivated, it might mean the adults influenced them positively. Yet, children might not feel quite happy about the influence they received during the game which in fact, is the main idea behind the game. This way they will feel and understand the effects of manipulation - or when someone has malicious or selfish intentions behind their efforts to influence others.

Manipulation and disinformation: When persuasion becomes distorted, it turns into manipulation. Manipulation is at the heart of this game. It will push the limits of letting children feel deceived and exploited.

However, the difference between persuasion and manipulation could sometimes be vague and mostly depends on the judgement, and the feelings of the opposite side. In any case, it is important to teach children that some (groups of) people) might have hidden motives and try to push their own agendas. It is useful to be able to detect when persuasion turns into manipulation (peer pressure, relationship violence, sexual molestation) and how to handle it. Equipping children with critical thinking skills can help them to detect manipulation/disinformation (both online and offline).

Logical thinking to solve problems: The activities or games that promote critical thinking could help children act independently and make their own decisions based on individual reflection. By fostering curiosity, children will be taught to ask different questions (where information comes from, is it important or why is it important etc.) and find solutions, developing their analytical and logical skills.

Enhancing children´s knowledge about misinformation and their critical thinking can reduce the imbalance of power, promote equal opportunities, increase inclusion and reduce social inequalities.

Basic concepts of city building: When interpreting the perfect city and by implementing an adult's hidden agenda, children could discover some interdependencies in the city infrastructure - food, clothes, transport provision and consumption, resources management, civil engineering, machine / digitally managed systems, etc.

Open discussion on the topic: What was the most obvious problem during the game and what have they done/could be done to solve it? Did you feel pressure and fall into a trap or it was ok to be led by an adult? How did you decide what path to take? What was the interaction like? Would you act/produce something different without an adult´s intervention or do you believe it is still the perfect city? How could you stop manipulation?