• Mouselemming
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    9 months ago

    My mom always said, “if you kids don’t have anything you want to do, I have plenty of things I want you to do.” So give them some chores. If they’re gonna be unhappy they can at least be accomplishing something that needs doing. If they hate it enough, they will suddenly think of something they’d rather do, and will enjoy it more because of the alternative. If they stop bringing this problem to you, so much the better.

    • 1984@lemmy.today
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      9 months ago

      This is very bad advice from your mom. All it will accomplish is kids stopping to say they are bored to their parents, since they get punished for it.

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        9 months ago

        Getting kids to stop complaining about being bored sounds pretty great!

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          9 months ago

          Having your kids disconnect from you as a safety net, confidant and role model is a huge failure as a parent.