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I'm back to square 1 aka hw much "I'm bored" is to much
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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 430806" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>i think susie's post it pretty darn close--i'd only add that in my neck of the woods, <em>because</em> everyone but us is schedulized to death, there is no neighborhood peer group to go on bike rides with, build forts in woods or run through the sprinkler with. times have changed--it <em>really</em> isnt like when i was a kid.</p><p> </p><p>when i was a kid, there was always someone to play with, someone to explore with, someone to get in trouble with...now kids are an island on to themselves in a lot of ways.</p><p> </p><p>mine is almost like an only kid, and she's very good about occupying herself with the electronics and artsy stuff, but even at that, she's b-o-r-e-d. day in, day out, its the same stuff and she's alone with her own thoughts. she struggles socially and has no friends. she's hard to keep stimulated because she needs an immediate payoff and like yours, cant fail or "do just to do", if that makes sense. </p><p> </p><p>she looks at me with glazed eyes when i tell her when i was her age, one of the things i did was take a needlepoint class (told you it was a different time!) and for some reason cant fathom how i wasnt b-o-r-e-d shart-less over <em>that</em>, lol. </p><p> </p><p>i guess some of it *IS* depression, but seriously, sometimes they are just b-o-r-e-d.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>frankly, sometimes even i get bored, and i *never* have a shortage of things to actually do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 430806, member: 8831"] i think susie's post it pretty darn close--i'd only add that in my neck of the woods, [I]because[/I] everyone but us is schedulized to death, there is no neighborhood peer group to go on bike rides with, build forts in woods or run through the sprinkler with. times have changed--it [I]really[/I] isnt like when i was a kid. when i was a kid, there was always someone to play with, someone to explore with, someone to get in trouble with...now kids are an island on to themselves in a lot of ways. mine is almost like an only kid, and she's very good about occupying herself with the electronics and artsy stuff, but even at that, she's b-o-r-e-d. day in, day out, its the same stuff and she's alone with her own thoughts. she struggles socially and has no friends. she's hard to keep stimulated because she needs an immediate payoff and like yours, cant fail or "do just to do", if that makes sense. she looks at me with glazed eyes when i tell her when i was her age, one of the things i did was take a needlepoint class (told you it was a different time!) and for some reason cant fathom how i wasnt b-o-r-e-d shart-less over [I]that[/I], lol. i guess some of it *IS* depression, but seriously, sometimes they are just b-o-r-e-d. frankly, sometimes even i get bored, and i *never* have a shortage of things to actually do. [/QUOTE]
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