Bored, But All Up in Your Grill

Kids have an ability to be so ACTIVELY BORED, in a way that grown-ups don’t.  As an adult, if I’m bored I am quiet, I’m scrolling away on my phone or I’m napping or I’m watching TV.  I’m low-key.

Not kids.  Kids are so annoying when they’re bored.  They’re writhing around, saying “I’m bored, I’m bored.  Kids are so actively bored that you want to yell:  “use that energy to DO something.”  If you can’t be chill while being bored, then what’s the point of being bored.

I think grownups are bored with a tinge of world-weariness, with a bit of ennui.  It’s like what’s the point of it all.  Kids are bored with a side of frustration and victimhood.  It’s like WHY AM I BORED, THIS IS YOUR FAULT.  They’re bored in a way that seems to blame grownups.  

If I had all that bored energy, I’d use it to write angry letters to the editor or something.  Why is that aggressive boredom wasted on kids?