The human brain was designed to seek constant stimulation, it is difficult to talk to someone if there is a TV connected to the background, for example, unconsciously the eyes look on the screen at one time or another and end up paying attention to the images, no matter what content passes. This constant change is the food of our brain; Every change is new information, even if it seems useless. If it happens even to adults, imagine what happens to children. This need for stimulation becomes even more problematic when you consider the importance of boredom for children.
Unfortunately, television, mobile phones and tablets occupy much of our day, often we use them as a primary tool to meet the need for stimuli, but this comes at a high cost for children, because when it is exceeded. the stimulation is removed, the child’s brain does not rest: he does not want to rest and continues to ask for continuous stimulation.
- That’s when this phrase appears.
- Usually in a sad and melancholy tone.
- Or even with a certain air of protest: “I’m bored.
- “Just two minutes after turning off a screen.
- The child looks at the world around him and realizes that he cannot find anything comparable to the torrent of senses that electronics can provide.
For parents, the use of this type of tool can be helpful because it allows children to focus on something and does not care. In any restaurant, cafe or bar table, an electronic device can be seen in the hands of a child. Meanwhile, the adults can talk quietly.
There are many cars, even, that have screens on the back of the front seat of the car, so those in the back can look at something and avoid boredom, so the driver and passenger sitting in the front seat can talk easily. .
Looks like there’s an effort to keep the child from getting bored, or do we do it more for us than for them?Is it really that bad that a child gets bored?What is the children’s relationship to boredom?And how important is boredom to children’s development?
I remember when I was a kid and there were still no cell phones or tablets, we’d sit in the back seat and look out the window. That’s all, that’s all. We just look out the window and listen, and even that little part has become magical.
It was possible to see a beautiful horse galloping near the carriage. A black, broad-loined, black-mane stallion jumping all the obstacles offered by the environment. Imagination had great power, this tool so appreciated by psychoeducators, but forgotten by the rest of us.
Boredom can be a great opportunity to stimulate children’s imaginations.
In this context, how can we stimulate a child’s imagination?
Pass a test. Let her get bored. Let me find the stimulation your brain needs. If your child has difficulty, you may try one of the following tips:
Not all children are the same, and some may not respond well to abstinence or reduced hours of exposure to an electronic device, such as a video game or television.
This is where we must insist on the part of the parents, who should not be carried away by the continuing manifestations of dissatisfaction on the part of the children; in fact, it will be the high intensity and frequency of the child’s protests, criticisms and criticisms. feeling boredom that will reveal how necessary this intervention is.