The Boredom Problem
Great article on entertaining (or not entertaining!) your kids, and a perspective I’m behind one hundred billion percent.
I have found that as long as our children expect us to entertain them –if we put them off with the prospect of “maybe,” — they will never quit pestering. “Are we going?” “When are we going?” “Can we go now?” “When will you know?”
But if, on the other hand, we are very clear that the desired activity is not going to happen, that we really are too busy, they will go off and entertain themselves beautifully.
via The Boredom Problem.
January 21st, 2010 at 6:26 am
I am lucky to have four boys who range 16-11 (twins in the middle) and they get along great! when they were younger I would intitiate their play but they continued to play parallel and alone. I got lucky!
January 21st, 2010 at 8:40 am
Totally! My girls are *usually* that way, though the younger often frets b/c she wants to play with her sister. Ultimately, though, without other options, she ends up on her bed, surrounded by stuffed animals and books, lost in her imagination