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re: Kids today need to learn how to entertain themselves/deal with boredom
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:39 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:39 pm to lsuwontonwrap
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Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:43 pm to lsuwontonwrap
My friend told me the other day his ex was mad because he was letting his son ride his bike alone in the neighborhood.
Back in the day my friends and I were riding miles and miles to Pack n Paddle to go scope out the new bikes. I don't remember anything bad happening. If anything it promoted independence and it was a healthy activity.
Back in the day my friends and I were riding miles and miles to Pack n Paddle to go scope out the new bikes. I don't remember anything bad happening. If anything it promoted independence and it was a healthy activity.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:45 pm to lsuwontonwrap
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he had nothing to entertain him at a nice restaurant
No children’s menus to color?
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:49 pm to lsuwontonwrap
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5 year old kid. Dude wouldn't stop throwing a tantrum at the table because he was bored and he had nothing to entertain him at a nice restaurant.
Don't take a 5 year old to a nice restaurant. Problem solved.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:51 pm to lsuwontonwrap
I remember when my parents bought a car in the 80’s and it took for whatever seemed to be hours.
I kept asking if we could leave.
Kids today are much the same, we just look at it differently as adults now.
And I’m not opposed to yelling at clouds or getting off my lawn.
I kept asking if we could leave.
Kids today are much the same, we just look at it differently as adults now.
And I’m not opposed to yelling at clouds or getting off my lawn.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:52 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Yes, but adults as well. It's a messed up generation
Posted on 9/15/19 at 3:01 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Self entertainment doesn't happen until the age of 12.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 3:25 pm to lsuwontonwrap
News flash: 30 years ago kids couldn’t entertain themselves in a nice restaurant.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 3:53 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Kids nowadays don’t get the experience of being bored with their mouth shut in a church pew for a few hours every week.
Take or leave the preaching, sitting there drawing on the bulletin every Sunday was a life lesson in itself.
Now kids don’t go or have some version of daycare disguised as Sunday School.
Take or leave the preaching, sitting there drawing on the bulletin every Sunday was a life lesson in itself.
Now kids don’t go or have some version of daycare disguised as Sunday School.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 3:57 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Thanks professor
Posted on 9/15/19 at 4:03 pm to rantfan
quote:No one is talking about being entertained. We are talking bout being miserable, but quiet.
Self entertainment doesn't happen until the age of 12.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 4:07 pm to lsuwontonwrap
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Well, I use the general "we". I have no kids. You. It's you people
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their 5 year old kid. Dude wouldn't stop throwing a tantrum at the table because he was bored and he had nothing to entertain him at a nice restaurant
You're so clueless. And before you quote your mama about how great of a kid you were at 5, every kid is different and every kid has a breakdown.
It'll stop around 8-10 yrs old when they can process "be good now and you'll get a reward later or an arse whipping if you keep this bullshite up."
I have 4 kids. 2 would do this at 4 or
5yrs, 2 wouldn't.
This post was edited on 9/15/19 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 9/15/19 at 4:08 pm to lsuwontonwrap
We always behaved in public because our parents would beat the shite out of us if we didn't 
Posted on 9/15/19 at 4:09 pm to lsuwontonwrap
I think Bender had some sage advice for this very predicament: LINK
Posted on 9/15/19 at 4:19 pm to lsuwontonwrap
We don't own a TV or gaming system, and my kids are always thinking up games and entertaining themselves. If we go out, they are either talking with each other or whatever adults will pay attention to them.
No TV/video games was my wife's idea and she was right. Night and day difference when we got rid of them.
No TV/video games was my wife's idea and she was right. Night and day difference when we got rid of them.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 4:21 pm to lsuwontonwrap
I had boredom all the time, too. I whined like a little a-hole, too, though.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 4:47 pm to Sus-Scrofa
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Kids nowadays don’t get the experience of being bored with their mouth shut in a church pew for a few hours every week.
This practice is so underrated. If you grow up doing that every single week, that means you’ve basically practiced mediation for that long. I would bet everything I have that kids who had that experience have a leg up emotionally and intellectually on those who didn’t.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 5:58 pm to HoustonChick86
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This is definitely true, but I think it's true with adults now as well. Look around when you're out, everyone on phones because they can't just sit.
What is the youngest age nowadays that a kid gets an iPad? iphone?
Posted on 9/15/19 at 6:44 pm to lsuwontonwrap
My wife tells my kids all the time that boredom is good for them and their brain. She’s pretty smart so I believe her 
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