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Best Weapon Against Childhood Boredom? Imagination
Like many parents, I have dreams of instilling in my kids a love of reading, a desire to be physically active, and a sense of silly funniness that often ebbs away once one becomes, say, a parent.
Can you fathom how proud you’d be if this quoted your child? “If you have imagination,” Claire says..,
“a box could be a racing car.”
Turning off the television is only just the beginning of encouraging the naturally expansive imagination of your kids. Equally important is free time (aimless days) during which to express their own bizarre sense of wonder.
[Photo credit: Washington Post]
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Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amI heartily concur — one of the central failings of our culture is our lack of appreciation of the whimsey that precedes boredom when u have time on your hands
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