IN THE SUMMER, LET THE CHILDREN GET BORED: IT HELPS THEM TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT AND DEVELOP THEIR CREATIVITY

During the school year, children are kept busy with various activities: school, extracurricular and the daily routine that is lived at home and that is usually attached to a schedule that follows the whole family.

In summer, many parents look for options to keep children entertained, such as summer camps or a course that can teach them something new, but also, to prevent them from getting bored.

However, allowing them to have spaces and times without activities can be beneficial for them. We tell you why you should let children get bored in the summer.

Summer: rest time, freedom and boredom?

Summer is synonymous with vacations, so when this one arrives, that opportunity of rest from daily activities and routine, which often keeps us living in an accelerated way and without many free time spaces.

However, for some parents always this feeling is present that they should keep their children busy, and even some fear the moment when that famous phrase arrives: "Mom / Dad, I'm bored"And this is a reality: many children get bored on vacation.

In Babies and more Why is it good for children to get bored

With the change of activities and without having to comply with all the daily rituals that they usually do during the school year, it's easy for children to soon feel angry or even, that they don't know what to do with that time they now have to "do nothing."

But this does not mean that we should worry or that we should load them with duties or dozens of activities to keep them busy. Actually, letting children get bored during the summer season is very beneficial for them and for their development.

The importance of boredom in children's development

On several occasions we have shared various options of activities so that children can continue to enjoy and develop their skills in summer, but this time, we will talk about something that may seem totally opposite: boredom.

It is usually related to boredom with something negative, because we usually think of this feeling when we are angry or do not know what else to do. But in the case of children, getting bored is a very good thing, since after entering this stage, great opportunities for personal growth are presented.

We believe that children should be constantly busy and stimulated with various activities that help them continue learning, but boredom is something that encourages your creativity and imagination in a very different and useful way for its development.

In Babies and more Boredom develops children's creativity and autonomy

When children have nothing to do, they start looking for ways to have fun, to play, to entertain themselves. Y This is when they start to get creative and think of different ways to have fun, from creating new games to letting your imagination fly and creating unique and impressive stories.

But in addition to boosting your creativity, Boredom brings another very important learning for children: their autonomy. By ceasing to have structured activities and routines, children begin to look for themselves how to spend time, without having to wait for an adult to tell them what to do.

Less toys and screens, more outdoors

So this summer, allow your children to get bored, and if possible, to do it outdoors, giving them the opportunity to have greater contact with nature, which is also something that brings many benefits for them, both for their development and for their learning.

For example, various studies support and encourage children to spend more time outdoors, as nature plays an important role in its developmentAs it helps reduce stress, improves mental acuity, well-being and productivity, promotes social connections and encourages physical activity.

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The key to all this is to give them freedom and space to do so, so during the summer, let's not let our children pass it to a screen, and let's promote the free game of devices and toys. It is more than proven that the less toys, the more creative children can be and the better they can develop the skills necessary to be self-sufficient.

What if they tell us they are bored?

Of course, just like that, it's easy to say that we let children get bored, but neither is it about ignoring them or not supporting them. It is true that we should not overload them with activities, nor should we always be the ones to tell them what to do, but we can help them a little to think about some ideas.

For example, at the beginning of the summer, we can talk with them about what we will do during those days and about the possible activities that we can enjoy now that they will have more free time. Brainstorm ideas of activities to do alone or in family and write them down in a list, will get us out of trouble in case one day they feel bored and without much motivation to think about something.

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Remember that although it is our responsibility to guide and teach them, we must also allow them to have spaces to continue developing for themselves, and Summer vacations are an ideal occasion to allow them to get bored and thus continue to foster their imagination, creativity and autonomy.

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