So what’s your answer when your kids say “I’m bored.  There’s nothing to do.”?

My dad’s answer was always “Go stand on your head and eat a bug”.  Gross, like that sounds appealing.

My mom’s answer was “there’s lots of clothes to fold.  Have a folding party.”  Yeah right. Who in the world thinks folding laundry is a party!

I don’t have much of an answer for my kids.  At least not a standard answer.  In the summer I’ve told them to “go get in the pool, we didn’t buy it for nothing”.  Jorge usually says “read a book”.  That answer quickly alleviates any boredom - meaning they find something else to do so as not to read a book.

Jeremiah is by far the easiest to please in this regard.  He’s willing to do pretty much anything.  Jorge will also find something to do -and contrary to popular belief those of us who actually live with him know that he is not ALWAYS playing video games.  There’s a reason he collects transformers.  And he could spend hours on those drums.  Cathy however is a complete different story.  What do preteens and teenage girls actually do?  They don’t really play with toys anymore.  She’s not a big reading fan.  She loves movies though.  I’ll have to do more research on girls her age - what do they do for fun? 

I think I should come up with a list of great things to do when you’re bored.  Maybe a couple of lists.  I’m sure the list will get old after a while, but if I change the lists every so often . . . it just might work.  They have to be semi extravagant.  More than just read a book,  color, etc.  They have to be things that actually intrigue them.  Hmm.  More research definitely.

Help me out blog world.  What are your kids alternatives to boredom??