Remedies against boredom of children
The holidays arrive and with them the coveted leisure time. Our little ones are looking forward to enjoying the holidays, however, when the time comes boredom is the dominant tonic in this days.
Their activity seems to have no end and although they have everything, they do not entertain themselves with anything, they get tired, they argue, they fight ... and this can be exasperating for families.
The children constantly repeat us "I get bored" and it is difficult to know how to entertain them. Know the causes of Boredom of children on vacation, will give us the keys to stop it. It is time to develop our creativity and that of our children.
Why are children bored?
Our children are used to a daily rhythm full of schedules and activities. In this time they have little free time and the little time they have is also scheduled both the type of activity and the schedule of it. The daily rhythm leaves little time for leisure, to do nothing or to learn to enjoy leisure and create your own fun or just be relaxed.
Accustomed to this rhythm, often frantic, when the holidays arrive, our children do not know how to take advantage of their free time and get bored. They have everything to entertain themselves, toys, games, new technologies, media, etc. However, not being programmed do not know how to have fun and boredom appears.
The causes of childhood boredom
1. The main cause of boredom of our children is that they do not know how to have fun. It is our job to educate children to enjoy their leisure and free time.
2. Accustomed to a stressful and very organized rhythm, it is difficult to fill the time when you have nothing to do.
Educate children so that they learn to enjoy their leisure
Enjoying free time is more than a right, it should become a necessity. Free time is necessary for people, it is necessary to leave the obligations of tasks and schedules and have time to relax, to enjoy what pleases us and to be. Free time can be an encounter with oneself.
Educating them to learn to enjoy is a very important task. It is not, how can we think first, to teach them to be busy in their free time with many activities that they love and make them enjoy. It is about teaching them to have free time, to teach them not to have to do anything, to educate them so that they create their games, so that they do not need to have multiple activities so as not to get bored.
Antidotes against boredom on vacation
1. It is very important to educate them throughout the year and not only on vacations. Leave them some free time, no schedule, no adult programming.
2. Encourage them to be the owners of their time, to discover what they like and learn to enjoy it.
3. The holidays are an ideal time for outdoor activities. Try to enjoy activities outside the home in the company of other children. Being in a group is easier to create fun and the outdoors multiplies the possibilities of action.
4. At home teach them to enjoy relaxing activities, how to draw, stories, etc. It is important that they learn to relax and even to get bored.
5. Spend family time with them, play with them, have a conversation, etc.
6. You can count on your help for certain tasks, make of any everyday thing a game. Breaking the routine and spending time with the family will be enough to keep them entertained for a while.
Celia Rodríguez Ruiz. Clinical health psychologist. Specialist in pedagogy and child and youth psychology. Director of Educa and Learn. Author of the collection Stimulate the reading and writing processes.
