Doing nothing and boredom is a good thing for kids

Helen O’Callaghan on the role boredom plays in development.

IF your child complains of being bored this summer, it’s worth considering that boredom as a concept has been attracting a lot of interest recently. The International Interdisciplinary Boredom Conference met in Warsaw in April — for the fifth time. And in May, people gathered at London’s Boring Conference – to talk about such tedium-loaded topics as toast, barcodes, yellow lines and the shipping forecast.

The International Interdisciplinary Boredom Conference met in Warsaw in April — for the fifth time. And in May, people gathered at London’s Boring Conference – to talk about such tedium-loaded topics as toast, barcodes, yellow lines and the shipping forecast.