It is OK for kids to feel bored. In fact, boredom can help children to develop a number of important skills.
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Over two centuries. the notion of boredom has shifted from an upper-class malady, through existential peril, to a functional emotion.
Scholars link the emergence of the term boredom to European industrial modernity, and the standardization of time, repetitive labour and development of leisure time associated with it.
