Parents report preschoolers to teenagers are experiencing high rates of boredom. Experts break down why and what to do. Fact checked by Sarah Scott “I’m bored.” It’s the nails-on-a ...

"We see it in early adolescence, kids are bored from these once-beloved activities because it's no longer fun for them; they've been playing for so long," says David Elkind, PhD, professor of ...

He’ll then urge them to go and figure out how to deal with it ... says there are a few benefits to letting kids get bored. The main one is self-regulation and emotional control.

What it tells us about the past: Around 800 years ago, a 7-year-old boy named Onfim seems to have gotten bored with doing schoolwork ... The crudely drawn stick figures — a clue that he drew ...

When Mark Fenske’s youngest son came to him complaining of boredom, he could tell it was an agonizing experience. But Fenske, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Guelph, also knew ...