At least once every weekend, one of my kids — ages 8 and 11 — lumbers over to me and moans, “I’m boooooored. There’s nothing to do.” When I remind them of all the things they could try ...

So it’s important not to rely on the accuracy of, “I’m bored,” Danckert says. A child might not have the insight or words to express what’s really going on. READ: ...

“When I’m bored while I’m on my phone and I’m switching between different apps... I’m just searching for something to do,” said Addie, a 15-year-old in Long Island.

“I’m bored.” It’s a puny little phrase, yet it has the power to fill parents with a cascade of dread, annoyance and guilt. If someone around here is bored, ...

“Dad, I’m bored”: ... I’m not sure my son would put it in quite so many words, but maybe this is what he was getting at by informing me that boredom leads not to creativity, ...