You know that, even if there were enough good play schools for all the bored children, 90% of parents couldn't afford to send them there.DianeCooper wrote:I think boredom in children is common. So to avoid this situation, I think parents must involve children in various extra-curricular activities or send them to play schools where they get chance to grow and develop.
And then... let's examine this a bit more closely.
Is it common for all children, everywhere, to be bored, or does the child-boredom level vary from one culture to another, one historical period to another? I don't recall being bored as a child. I had school, chores, play, an annoying younger brother, a bicycle, friends, dogs, art projects, feuds, parks, libraries, wretched accordion lessons, excruciating family outings, back yards and - oh, rapture! a whole swathe of condemned houses in old red-brick Toronto.
Do you think maybe we're driving children to boredom with constant, inescapable, relentless entertaining?
Is it really necessary to make everything from getting dressed to learning science, from waiting for the doctor to eating junk-food ever more and more and more FUN?
