Boredom is a healthy part of life. Experiencing it can help children learn to set goals and make plans.
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Young people are growing up in an era where – thanks to technology – boredom is rare. This can be challenging for classroom teachers, who want to encourage their students to reflect and contemplate.
It is OK for kids to feel bored. In fact, boredom can help children to develop a number of important skills.
Over two centuries. the notion of boredom has shifted from an upper-class malady, through existential peril, to a functional emotion.
Scholars link the emergence of the term boredom to European industrial modernity, and the standardization of time, repetitive labour and development of leisure time associated with it.
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