Trying to entertain kids who are tired of being cooped up at home? Try some of these parent-approved games and activities. We pulled advice, recommendations, and more from our TODAY Parenting Team ...

Millennial parents of today’s generation of kids grew up in a unique, budding world of technology, which also coexisted during a time of pure, organically created boredom. It was a time when weekend ...

It happens about this time every year: Bored Kid Syndrome. We’ve all experienced it. School is out, the sweet freedom from classes has waned, friends are nowhere to be found and it’s hot. Everyone is ...

As a mom of six kids, summer can be stressful. Trying to fill their days with activities can be exhausting, so I stopped. I want them to get bored. Boredom encourages my kids to develop ...

Boredom serves a useful purpose, scientists say. It motivates people to pursue new goals and challenges.

I want to recommend Darby Saxbe’s recent piece in the Washington Post about the benefits of boredom for children. She argues that we are over-parenting our children with costs to both ourselves and to ...

now parents can get a solution sent right to their door. sock puppet, which makes Linda roll her eyes. “Why not just tell them ‘Hey, create your own sock puppet’ instead of having a kit come to your ...