Comments on: a boring thought

By: soupablog

soupablog — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:52:00 +0000

Paul Soupiset here. (Hi all! Sorry I haven’t posted in a while)

Something else for the bored kids:

Just wanted to post two environmentally-friendly toys that just showed up at this year’s Toy Fair ‘08 (HT Big Blue Dot trend watch):

http://www.sprigtoys.com/media/view_online/release1-8-08.html
(available fall, 2008)

and

http://idbids.com/press.html
(available in June, 2008)

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:05:00 +0000

I am fond of saying that boredom is the birthplace for creativity. Give them a period of time to get through the boredom stage and then step out of the way and prepare to be amazed by what they will come up with! My kids still occasionally profess boredom (ages 13, 12 and 11) but it doesn’t last long before there is a flurry of story writing, drawing, movie making, picture taking, robot building, carving, reading or other beautiful busyness. I concur that it is more than okay to be bored!

By: Tony Myles

Tony Myles — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:48:00 +0000

You’re welcome!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:33:00 +0000

I second Maria- thanks for this reminder as we head into week 2 of Christmas break….

By: Maria

Maria — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:25:00 +0000

Thanks, Hamo — just what I needed in front of another 10 days of kids at home from school. My oldest (5) was actually in tears last night at the dinner table (before she got a couple of bites in) because school is so much more fun than being home! Let her be bored.

Great ideas, Sonja!

By: sonja

sonja — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:27:00 +0000

LOL … my kids have learned that coming to me with “I’m bored” leads to statements like “a bored mind is a small mind” and “If you’re bored, I have some chores for you to do.” There are windows to be washed, knick-knacks to be dusted, floors to be vacuumed or mopped, baseboards to be washed, laundry to sorted, washed or folded, etc. I can always think of things for “bored” children to do … none of it is fun. It’s not punishment either, it’s just negative feedback. Eventually, they will get the idea that going to mom or dad with that complaint doesn’t work out in their favor.

We adults have to persevere through all sorts of uncomfortable circumstances. We learned how to do so by first learning how to get through being bored.

fwiw …