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Learn to endure boredom: How to help your child
Experts have long known that boredom is important for the development of children. But how do children learn to use them positively?
The permanent employment of our children somehow went into meat and blood. Because children, we think, get bored, they come to the stupidest ideas and there is definitely something broken. But with the tasks and ideas that we then submit to our children, we only harm you and us ourselves.
Boredom is not the problem at all, educational scientists have known for a long time. In order to make them something positive, you don't need much!
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It is crucial where the boredom comes from
The negative boredom can only arise because we have always employed our children before. If you keep saying what you have to do and leave from the outside, you are simply free of ideas if you have to rely on himself.
But it can also be really nerve -wracking if the child is in your ears with his "Laaaaaaankom" if you actually wanted to do something.
If the request of the little ones after employment remains unanswered, then children also come up with less glorious ideas in which things are damaged or broken. Almost as if they wanted to say: "Look here, parents, that happens when you let me do it."
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You notice that we are turning here in a circle. Because so that nothing breaks, we give our children something to do again. How do you get out now? How do you make boredom the positive strength that promotes creativity, imagination and self -confidence of the child and does not let the household items shrink?
Promote positive boredom
Boredom can have very positive effects on creativity and even the self -confidence of our children. If you can do it alone, if you don't keep looking over your shoulder, you learn to trust yourself and your own skills much more.
The patience thread of these children is often many times longer. Because sometimes things don't work on the first and not the second time. But if you have confidence in your skills, you do not give up, but continue until the goal is reached. In addition, children who deal with themselves know much more what they really want and on the contrary, which they absolutely don't want.
Of course, this does not mean that from now on we are sitting on the couch with crossed arms and any attempts by the children to play with us. After all, the children should 'endure and learn to use boredom'.
How much boredom is just enough boredom?
So that boredom does not turn into nonsense, you have to find the right middle ground between employees and let. Because calm in the children's room is always suspicious if the child is supposed to deal alone, you can also let it do in the presence of others. So instead of sending it alone into the children's room, just let it linger next to you on the couch, read, tinker or even stare holes in the air.
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Of course, you can also offer him options. Then please few and without technical devices such as game console, tablet or cell phone. Pins and paper, a little plasticine or scissors and pencil are sufficient. You can also leave them uncommented on the living room table.
And then we parents have to be strong and endure the child's boredom when it excludes the offers. Just as the child has to learn to endure boredom. Because even if you like to say that you almost died of boredom, in the end we all survived.
Important note at the end:The information and tips in this article are only suggestions. Every child is different and reacts in its own way. It is therefore important that you go into your child and find out which way is the best for you.
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