The Boredom Problem

Great article on entertaining (or not entertaining!) your kids, and a perspective I'm behind one hundred billion percent.

I have found that as long as our children expect us to entertain them –if we put them off with the prospect of "maybe," — they will never quit pestering. "Are we going?" "When are we going?" "Can we go now?" "When will you know?"

But if, on the other hand, we are very clear that the desired activity is not going to happen, that we really are too busy, they will go off and...