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by jedberg 1843 days ago
You most likely weren't following all the rules. Monopoly shouldn't take more than about 45 minutes of game play if you follow all the rules.
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Cool. I'll let my 7 year old and 5 year old know.
You could look for a different game, which would probably be shorter, and hopefully also less frustrating.

There are plenty of lists of "board games for children" etc, but I recommend ignoring any list that promotes games with dated mechanics, like Monopoly, Battleship, Ludo. (Monopoly has a very long losing phase, when it's clear who will win but the other players must wait to be made bankrupt. Battleship is almost entirely luck-based, Ludo even more so.)

I won't assume I can give a recommendation myself, as I don't have children.

(Except I see original Azul recommended, and I like that myself. And Indian Summer. And Copenhagen. And Kingdomino. And Santorini. I'm not sure about a 5 year old playing these though.)

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/childrens-products/board-ga... maybe, though I haven't heard of any of them (and they stick in Monopoly at the very end).

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2337832/game-where-5-year-o... / https://boardgamegeek.com/forum/34/bgg/gaming-kids