BEING BORED BEST LEARNED WHEN YOUNG.

• Teach your young children that “boredom” is a normal state of human emotions. Don’t take the responsibility of constantly entertaining your kids, as they need to learn to self-regulate through boredom.
• Bring calmness into their lives by listening to calm music, sitting around a fireplace, having a calming bath, reading a book, drawing, or playing board games.
• Practice the art of noticing! Be people watchers without being critical.
• Make family traditions of playing table and card games. Also read-aloud
• Make a conscious effort to train your child’s delayed gratification skills. Train his/her ability to just sit and wait.
• Teach your child to sit at a table until everyone finishes eating.  Limit snacking between meals.
• Limit your child’s access to technology. In addition, unplug from your phone and share quality time with your child.
• Offer your child opportunities to spend time outdoors, running, playing with siblings especially in green space.
• Provide regular opportunities for physical activity such as speed walking, biking, hiking.
• Offer plenty of sleep in technology-free bedrooms.
• Train your child’s ability to complete monotonous work, such as helping with cooking, setting a table, making his/her bed, or folding clothes.