Boredom
Let them be bored. That is one of my parenting philosophies.
When every minute is filled with structured activities, there is no time for imagination. And that means no electronic stimulation - games, TV, movies. After a few minutes of boredom, it is amazing what they decide to do. Ron tore apart two old computers, then rebuilt it into one faster, more stable machine. Rick baked a cake from scratch.
It is a 12 hour trip to Mom's, and as we headed down there for Christmas, a voice from the backseat said, "It is good to be bored. It slows time down." I smiled...until I realized we had only been on the road an hour!
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