Children should be allowed to get bored (2013)
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#4All these "should be allowed" are basically "children are people, too. Let them have everything normal people do/have/experience/feel". This applies to all "children should be allowed to play/go outside/be bored/be not bored/...." expert takes
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#6All these "should be allowed" are basically "children are people, too. Let them have everything normal people do/have/experience/feel". This applies to all "children should be allowed to play/go outside/be bored/be not bored/...." expert takes
But the younger parents are of a generation who may not know that's normal and who have grown up glued to TVs, consoles and phones. They may need it spelled out
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#7>such as talking to elderly neighbours
No no no, that's dangerous!!! Don't ever let your kids talk to strangers, duh. /s
Same thing applies to adults imo. Embracing boredom was one of the best things I did in the past years. Boredom is fun!
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#8“should be allowed”, in practice, means “should be forced”, since it means saying no to the huge collection of devices (TVs, computers, tablets, nintendos etc) that prevent boredom.
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#9When my kid is bored he eventually figures out something to do.
if he gets less tv or whatever, for a period, he gets deeply invested in lego or drawing or similar
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#10“should be allowed”, in practice, means “should be forced”, since it means saying no to the huge collection of devices (TVs, computers, tablets, nintendos etc) that prevent boredom.
You could argue by providing those things you’re forcing them into perpetual stimulation. It’s a matter of perspective. The difference is that like sugar, unless we’re using our rationality to override the impulse, we’ll always pick stimulation though that’s not necessarily healthy.