A bored child is not a parenting failure. Teach them to shrug off the learned helplessness of boredom | Myke Bartlett

"Working from home has its benefits, but the collapsing of boundaries between the personal and the professional is never more apparent than during school holidays."

"A bored child feels like a parenting failure. Isn't our job to keep them stimulated, challenged or amused?"

"Managing to bore your child should perhaps be seen as less a failure, more an astonishing achievement."

"Perhaps boredom is not a parenting failure, but rather one of the greatest gifts we can give our children during the holidays."

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