The 3 main causes of childhood boredom

The frenetic pace we are subjecting children to today is leaving them without strategies to cope with boredom, that state of apathy or disinterest caused by the feeling of not knowing what to do or not have nothing to have fun with. Paradoxically, it is the children who have the most bored people. W

Paradoxically, it is the children who have the most bored people. We explain what are the causes. Causas 3 causes of childhood boredom

Today's children do not get bored more than before but they are less prepared to face boredom, they are more vulnerable to the discomfort generated and they tolerate worse not knowing what to do when they have a little bit of free time since they lack resources to start their imagination and innate creativity.

Among the main causes of childhood boredom we highlight:

The excess of stimulicaused by the unbridled consumerism to which we are subjected. It is very common to see a child surrounded by toys and hear him say 'I'm bored, I do not know what to do'. The more they have the more they become overwhelmed and the greater the feeling of boredom they experience. Seeing so many things around you produces disinterest and lack of attention to something concrete with what to play, experiment or create. Excess stimulation limits invention, imagination, creativity, fantasy and fun. This is the occasion when the slogan 'less is more' comes back to work. 2. Excessive planning and control of their activities

with agendas full of extracurricular activities. Parents have fallen into the error that boredom is bad and in this premise we rush to fill one after another every second of the lives of our children. We go out of our way to make your life fun and exciting, full of extracurricular activities (music, skating, judo, dance, English, theater, ...) filling and squeezing your agendas so much that we do not let you learn to manage your time or find your own interests .

We have mistakenly thought that boredom is badand that therefore children need to be constantly active, a false idea that is hindering the development of our children's creative thinking. We must understand again is

Boredom is the prelude to creativity . Children need time to do nothing, time to imagine, create, think, assimilate their experiences or simply observe the world around them. And this is not possible if what we do is fill them with toys, plan to the last second of their lives or offer them the phone or a tablet at the first sign of boredom, and here we enter the third cause of boredom that we want to highlight.

3. Screen abuse. Whether due to inertia, tiredness or avoiding a conflict, parents are abusing our children's use of television, consoles, tablets, smartphones or whatever device we use to avoid boredom.

While it is true that responsible use of all these technologies can bring great benefits, it is also true that abuse of them results in situations of anxiety, stress, disinterest in other things and lack of creativity. The child who sits in front of a screen and has fun assured, without having to put into operation his creative thinking in the vast majority of occasions.The ease with which parents turn on the television or give our smartphones or tablets to children at the slightest sign of boredom prevents them from finding the way to distract themselves in another way.How to help our children so they do not get bored

So, unbridled consumerism, excessive stimulation, screen abuse and control of all our children's activities result in an inability for children to find their own resources to manage their free time and therefore get bored every day.

Children need free time