In full Easter holidays Many children start complaining because they get bored. Apparently not everything is fun and it has been proven that many children miss classes and their classmates.
When these vacations arrive (and with the summer passes the same), children leave aside their busy schedules and have a lot of free time that many do not know how to fill.
Many parents continue to work, those who stay home with children soon run out of ideas and the consequence is that Children end up getting bored.
The problem is of the parents, but also of the children. It is very difficult to fill the days of the little ones with activities and games that they like and it is easy to get to the point of “I don't know what else we can do”. On the one hand I say that the problem is for children because parents must fill their children's time, when it would be normal for most of the free time to be managed by themselves.
It is they who would have to invent games and situations and spend free time developing their creativity and imagination without the need for the game to be directed.
On the other hand I say that the problem is also of the parents because this situation, in which the children get bored because they do not know what to play, is given by the excess of control of the schedules of the children by society and parents and because of the level of dependency that children end up acquiring, they get used to doing what is expected of them and what has been planned for them.
And is boredom good or bad?
The best thing is that they don't get bored too much, but free time is gold and children should learn to value it.
Ideally, do not fill children's vacation agendas with activities and games and allow them time to "do nothing." At best, if no game really comes out of them, start some activities for them to continue and be by their side to play with them allowing the rules or the game to change if they wish.
Do nothing?
Sounds weird, but think for a moment how many tell us "do nothing." We live blinded by activities, by obligations, by our responsibilities. What would happen if someone told us "don't do anything now"? We probably wouldn't know.
In a social moment when doing nothing is frowned upon (those who do nothing are lazy, right?) we must offer the children moments of "doing nothing" so that they think of themselves, know each other a little more and so that “doing nothing” comes out those things that interest them.
In other words: it is good that they get bored a little so that they themselves develop creativity and look for games that they like and stimulate.
If they get too bored and don't know how to fill their free time, they probably depend on parents more than they should.
