tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17245167.post2467200237799033056..comments2024-03-16T08:19:05.573-04:00Comments on Spiritual Woman: The Cure for Your Child's Boredom?Patrice Fagnant-MacArthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146572541496916259noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17245167.post-56145709028076981972011-09-05T10:43:16.210-04:002011-09-05T10:43:16.210-04:00I was thinking about your blog which you posted. I...I was thinking about your blog which you posted. It really got me to thinking on all the crazy things I did as a boy. I never had an issue with being bored. I honestly don't think that I was ever bored. If anything I had a glut of things to do. I would find entertainment in just about anything. <br /><br />It is true that kids today are wired to receive an overload of information. When they don't get it they feel unstimulated. They really (generally speaking now) don't have the same ability to focus. They are hyper-focusing on everything rather than allowing themselves to get lost in some activity. <br /><br />I feel that is where the issue is. They get bored too quickly and move on. I feel that this is more societal programming, by constant reinforcement. The TV is on, the phone is in their hand, the computer is on, the computer is playing music and a game at the same time. They are doing all this while drinking their Red Bull and being amped up on everything.<br /><br />The world simply was not like that when we were younger. Yes all that varies to degrees, but most kids are exposed to it. I see your homeschooling angle a little different. I don't think that it is so much the way the work is structured, but the environment in which they doing it. They're not really seeing the other children's attention so diverted. They learn much by observation in each other. <br /><br />No, not all schools are chaotic, but the home environment, when properly orchestrated allows for more focusing on task in their work. They see other children focusing the same way and that ability to focus is reinforced. When one allows one to leave the fields fallow so to speak when you return to them they bear fruit again.Eric Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157153253681868823noreply@blogger.com