Summer vacation is almost here and parents are likely to hear their children sometime complaining “I’m bored.”
Whose problem is this? If you’re bored then it’s your problem. However, if your children are bored then it’s their problem. Figuring out how to spend free time is an important skill for children to learn. You can let your child own the problem by responding “What are you going to do about it?”
Another approach is to use empathy along with suggestions for chores that would help the family. You might say “How sad. Well, I sure could use your help pulling weeds or cleaning the bathrooms. Which would you like to do?”
It will be fun to see how they solve their problem of being bored!
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1 comment:
I love it! Two options you can live with, or motivation to solve their own problem. Great! Bravo.
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