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Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:25:00 +0000

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Weekly Roundup 27 April | frugalandthriving.com.au — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:08:34 +0000

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By: Rana

Rana — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:31:32 +0000

We were never allowed to say we were bored when we were kids. If we did my mom would find some sort of cleaning project for me or my sister to do. We always made sure we had something to occupy our time, even if it was just sitting on the porch watching the world go by.

I find myself doing that now with my kids. I’ll say lets have some quiet time and we just sit together and look out the window , or lay in the grass. My son at 6 has even turned off the t.v. and said mom it’s too much noise let’s have quiet time. They dont know what it means to be bored. Because they realize they don’t always have to be doing something.

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Weekend Links — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:02:31 +0000

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By: Debbie

Debbie — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:30:55 +0000

Good post. I remember wondering around the house when I was a kid saying I was bored and I’d get put to work by my dad. There was always cars to wash, grass to cut or rooms to clean. If I managed to duck that bullet, I was always able to find something quiet to do to avoid having to do work. I’d read a book, make a puzzle or just go for a walk.

My kids are now at the stage where they are ‘bored’ all the time. I find myself saying to them the same things my father and mother said to me when I was bored. I find myself glad they are bored. It’s seems those are the time when they become the most creative.

LP’s rule about not being able to say I’m bored may just be a new rule in my house now too. I like it.