Parenting Tip 1 - Let Kids Be Bored
Kids need time to be bored; that is how creativity is born" - Melanie Jean Juneau Yes, I said it! Let kids be bored! 😁 I look at some children sometimes and see how their lives are filled with a lot of activities. They are almost always engaged and stimulated. And like the Energiser Bunny, they just keep going. Lol. So now I say to you, it is a-okay for a child to be bored. I started a podcast sometime last year. It just involved recording some audio devotionals for children to listen. Just before I started, a couple of my friends had suggested that I make it a video podcast, and because children love visuals, they would watch and probably engage more with it. I agreed with them, and it's true. Any flashy thing with a sound will pique their interest. But then I began thinking about how children get exposed to a lot of things that stimulate and potentially distract them. They get overloaded with sights, sounds, activities, etc that overwhelm their brains. In a bid to not