On Facebook, I saw a great quote that I recognized immediately from one of my favorite episodes. This morning, when my daughter complained that she was bored, I tried it on her.
She burst into a huge smile.
Thank you, Louis C. K., for getting insight to my daughter, making her happy, and rescuing our family from a cranky morning.
I hand my kids a garbage bag and tell them to pack their toys up and we will donate them since they obviously don’t need them anymore. I haven’t heard the term “I’m bored” in quite a while.
My parents’ response to “I’m bored”, was always, “Great! you can start working on cleaning out the basement!” We learned very quickly never to be bored.