to expect my DC to be bored sometimes?

[chinstrappenguin]

So my DC are on the first official day of the Easter Hols. We have a few things planned for the time off but normal life (work etc) still has to go on as well. DD who is 7 is already moaning about being bored. I have told her it's okay to be bored sometimes as that is part of life. I also said I could find her some housework to do if she wanted to help I do feel a bit guilty that I am not making their time off fun packed but it's not possible to do fun things all the time. AIBU to think that society makes us feel like we always have to be entertained and we have forgotten how to be bored??

While I agree that kearning to cope with boredom is a thing kids have to learn, it is nice to have some activity planned for them too.

OP do you have a garden? Kids this age usually love gardening, put on some wellies, pick up a spade and get digging. It needn't be expensive, Poundland have some great gardening stuff, seeds, starter plants, kits, seed potatoes.
Even planting just a few things in a small patch can give lots of interest and fun during the coming months.
Setting up an interest is a good thing to encourage in kids asthey grow.

My ( 15 yo) DD and I have plans for a flower garden in our new house we moved to last autumn, she already has some seeds propagating on the window sill, we have a great time getting out and muddy,

When I was a kid there were very few scheduled holiday activities eg gymnastics camp or drama weeks so I remember flouncing around the house or our neighbourhood feeling bored a lot. But my parents were of the benign neglect type and I remember always finding something to do. My imagination developed really quickly. I always tell my nearly 7yo DD that her boredom is a) normal b) not my problem. She always finds something to do after a quick moan and short thrift from me.

Having said that, she does have more scheduled holiday activities than I ever have and we certainly go out more together eg museums than I ever did.

I remember reading something written by a psychologist a while ago in the Times regarding important things children need to learn and amusing themselves without adult help was one of them (I'm always telling DS that anyway).

Only other one I remember was making sure your child didn't think it was the best at everything.

Bit torn on this one. As a child we had plenty of money and lots of toys, but lived in a hamlet with one other child, who often didn't want to play out.

My mother didn't like chatting to me, never cuddled me or played with me and certainly never took us to the park or swimming. We did have the occasional day out but most weekends were spent either carpet shopping or something or watching my parents read/fall asleep on the sofa. I was fucking bored, and it was torture!

I'm so paranoid about my kids feeling the same way...