Kids complain they are bored. That is nothing new,my grand kids get bored, my kids got bored and when I was young I got bored. We were told to go find something to do but so often now children are handed a toy or phone or iPad to answer the question for them. What is wrong with kids being bored? We came up with some of our best ideas when we were bored. That is when we figured out that if we put a car hood on the hill before it snowed we would have a ramp to sled ride off. Boredom resulted in us learning that if you rock the jon boat in the pond, the little fish would jump out of the water. If we were never bored we would have never figured out that if we climb half way of the barn ladder, we could climb on the cow's back and ride her.
Now, not all those were the greatest ideas but when are ideas going to come if everyone is always busy and never get bored? When we or kids are bored we think. We think about problems and issues. We think about ideas, solutions, and we get creative. So the next time kids complain they are bored, maybe we should say "Good, go get creative!"
On a side note, the day after I posted this blog the barn I spoke about started falling over. It was way over 100 years old and sat on my parents property. It was the backdrop for so many pictures and a host of memories!
Kids complain they are bored. That is nothing new,my grand kids get bored, my kids got bored and when I was young I got bored. We were told to go find something to do but so often now children are handed a toy or phone or iPad to answer the question for them. What is wrong with kids being bored? We came up with some of our best ideas when we were bored. That is when we figured out that if we put a car hood on the hill before it snowed we would have a ramp to sled ride off. Boredom resulted in us learning that if you rock the jon boat in the pond, the little fish would jump out of the water. If we were never bored we would have never figured out that if we climb half way of the barn ladder, we could climb on the cow's back and ride her.
Now, not all those were the greatest ideas but when are ideas going to come if everyone is always busy and never get bored? When we or kids are bored we think. We think about problems and issues. We think about ideas, solutions, and we get creative. So the next time kids complain they are bored, maybe we should say "Good, go get creative!"
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