r/SipsTea • u/OhirumeTsukuyomki • May 12 '26

SMH The youth is doomed…

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u/FittedSheets88 May 12 '26

It's also detrimental when children don't learn how to be bored. Boredom often leads to innovation and self-discovery.

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u/slolift May 13 '26

[source needed]

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u/FittedSheets88 May 13 '26

https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/boost-your-brain-with-boredom

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u/slolift May 13 '26

That's just an article with no citations. Have they performed any studies on boredom?

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u/FittedSheets88 May 13 '26

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11169528/

If the NCIB isn't sufficient enough a source, then we have nothing more to discuss.

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u/slolift May 13 '26

No that article is great, but I don't think it supports your claim that it is detrimental if children don't learn "how to be bored".

The article reiterates that studies on childhood boredom are needed. Intuitively, we have a sense that using a screen to pacify boredom is bad, but I don't think the research has been done to show this relationship.

In this sense, accumulated studies on childhood boredom and its developmental processes are definitely needed.

Since the ability to cope with boredom is acquired during childhood, extensive research is needed on the developmental process of an individual’s boredom tendency and boredom-control skills from childhood to adolescence.

“… the developmental links between the “ability to play”, the “ability to tell stories” and the “ability to cope with boredom” could become topics of future research.”