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Bored Children

Posted on 09/18/2006 11:19:41 AM PDT by halfthebattle118

Bored Children

If I have to hear my kids say, “I’m bored” one more time, I think I will put a gun in my mouth. When I was a kid, I could go outside and live in my imagination for hours on end. I would have adventures by my self that ranged from missions to Mars, building cities for chipmunks out of sticks and pine needles, and climbing trees to the top of the world. Children nowadays are bombarded with media overload. Television has almost totally replaced imagination, and Cartoon Network has taken portions of our children away from us. Childhood on almost every level, has changed since when I was a kid. The lack of parent involvement, discipline, and family values are corroding the American family. We are so caught up in our own narcissistic, self-absorbed lives, that we are ignoring the fact that our children are being raised by animated crap designed to eliminated imagination. Constant advertisement marketing to the child population has impressed on them the fact that they “need” the Xbox 360. They “need” a PSP. They “need” all these expensive electronic gadgets to play in a more realistic environment which eliminates the imaginary vision that they once had to utilize. They say that after millions of years of evolution, we no longer need our sense of smell as we once did to hunt for food, etc. I believe we are in the midst of another evolution which is making our imaginations obsolete. When fantasy in movies and special effects make things look and feel absolutely “real”, we seem to no longer need that vision we once needed to see things though our mind’s eye.


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To: halfthebattle118

Send them to Malaysia, they can make sneakers.


21 posted on 09/18/2006 11:29:58 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (1 year guarantee against congenital defects.)
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To: halfthebattle118

bttt


22 posted on 09/18/2006 11:30:09 AM PDT by diamond6 (Everyone who is for abortion have been born. Ronald Reagan)
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To: Overtaxed

I've found that bored dogs are a bigger problem. They sit here staring at me and sigh loudly.


23 posted on 09/18/2006 11:32:10 AM PDT by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: halfthebattle118

Whose kids are these?

Turn off the TV and send them outside. If you have money, buy a farm, get some livestock and plant crops - that'll keep 'em busy and resourceful.

If you don't have money - sell the TV and encourage your kids to be creative.



24 posted on 09/18/2006 11:32:26 AM PDT by sodpoodle (I have no idea how I got here - but I like it and I plan to stay.)
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To: halfthebattle118

When my daughters homework is done we make her go outside until dinner is ready. We also just bought her a horse, so that keeps her busy-OUTSIDE!! We also block out all childrens programing on TV from March-November and internet access is school related only.

Next time your child tells you he/she is bored, put a rag and a bucket of soapy water in front of them and have them scrub the kitchen floor. You will either never hear "I'm bored" again or you will have an incredibly clean kitchen floor..both are winners in my opinion!


25 posted on 09/18/2006 11:33:04 AM PDT by NathanHale92276
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To: halfthebattle118

My oldest boy said he was bored this weekend. Now he knows how to grout tile.

It seems to me that this is not a problem with the child, it's a problem with the parent.


26 posted on 09/18/2006 11:34:56 AM PDT by CougarGA7 (This tag line will be commercial free for the remainder of this thread.)
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To: halfthebattle118
If I have to hear my kids say, “I’m bored” one more time, I think I will put a gun in my mouth

Why? Have them wash windows, scrub the bathtub or mop the kitchen floor. Don't allow them to opt out of that even once when they have already said, "I'm bored." You will be surprised at how quickly they learn that some things shouldn't be communicated.

Ultimately, you'll enjoy a more restful parenting and better relations with your children. It may take a while, but hang in there and be firm. You're the grownup (I hope)!

27 posted on 09/18/2006 11:37:00 AM PDT by Jemian (PAM of JT ~~ Thanks for putting our boys in harms way, Rep. Murtha, you treasonous jack@ss!)
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To: CougarGA7

bingo ;)


28 posted on 09/18/2006 11:37:37 AM PDT by sodpoodle (I have no idea how I got here - but I like it and I plan to stay.)
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To: halfthebattle118
More anti-boredom.
29 posted on 09/18/2006 11:39:19 AM PDT by Darksheare (It may actually be due to being accidentally on purpose.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Freerider wannabe ping.


30 posted on 09/18/2006 11:44:01 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

That's the answer. They would just send them back, and not one sneaker would be made...


31 posted on 09/18/2006 11:46:01 AM PDT by halfthebattle118
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To: halfthebattle118

Could also have them dress in bright pink and sing "Like a Rhinestone Cowboy" in the local mall.
If that doesn't fix their boredom post haste, nothing will.


32 posted on 09/18/2006 11:46:37 AM PDT by Darksheare (The deer expired due to adult onset truck bumper.)
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To: halfthebattle118
Have you considered a home based business?


33 posted on 09/18/2006 11:55:27 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (1 year guarantee against congenital defects.)
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To: Oberon

That was always my parents' solution - when we lived on a farm, bored children got to clean the barn or the chicken coop. When they bought a restaurant and moved in town, bored children got to clean the basement. Or worse, their rooms! :-)


34 posted on 09/18/2006 12:02:47 PM PDT by knittnmom (...surrounded by reality)
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To: halfthebattle118
Once my cousin told my mom he was bored. Mom said, "Well then go stand in that corner over there until you think of something to do."

Grow a pair and quit letting your kids run your life and you've won half the battle.

35 posted on 09/18/2006 12:03:37 PM PDT by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: halfthebattle118
If I have to hear my kids say, “I’m bored” one more time, I think I will put a gun in my mouth.

That would be giving in to them -- it would be exciting. Better to cart the TV and video games off to the local dump, and then wear serious hearing protection (like shooting muffs) when you're home with the kids.

36 posted on 09/18/2006 12:19:51 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: halfthebattle118

Take them outside and play a game with them. If you keep buying the xboxes etc its your own fault. I limit tv . If my 6 yr old is bored I tell her to read or do a chore. She loves to garden and pull weeds. Maybe you need to take time to do things with your children. They learn by example.


37 posted on 09/18/2006 12:54:05 PM PDT by pandoraou812 ( barbaric with zero tolerance and dilligaf?)
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To: halfthebattle118

They're not bored, they're boring. Tell them to go play outside and leave you the hell alone.


38 posted on 09/18/2006 3:06:33 PM PDT by lesser_satan (EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
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To: Tax-chick

I need to try that...maybe my 4 year old boy will join me!


39 posted on 09/18/2006 4:24:32 PM PDT by JRios1968 (Tagline wanted...inquire within)
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To: JRios1968

Post pictures!


40 posted on 09/18/2006 4:30:10 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Please pray for Vlad's four top incisors to arrive real soon!)
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