# Boredom ## On Boredom In Psychology Growing up, I was often left to my own devices when not at school. Since I grew up on a farm in the Midwest, I had lots of downtime needing to be occupied with something and/or *anything*. Looking back, I really think that experience of not always having something actively vying for my attention was good for me later on. I feel that I'm able to occupy my time with any number of hobbies or activities when at home, and generally I'm able to deal with waiting idly without getting too impatient. I found a couple of statements related to boredom online that I thought were interesting: > Boredom operates similarly to feeling happy or excited. It results in you trying to approach something that, in this case, is more meaningful or interesting. It encourages people to explore because it signals that your current situation is lacking so it’s kind of a push to seek out something new. > Your role as a parent is to prepare children to take their place in society. Being an adult means occupying yourself and filling up your leisure time in a way that will make you happy. If parents spend all their time filling up their child’s spare time, then the child’s never going to learn to do this for themselves. #children #psychology