return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agoHow do you help somebody that always says they're bored?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down14
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareHow do you help somebody that always says they're bored?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareTigrisMorte@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·11 months agoHand them a book. If they don’t start reading, take the book and smack them with it, then hand it back. Very important to never say a word. Just stare seriously, directly into their eyes.
minus-squarenoahm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months agoI’m 100% trying this on my 9-year-old next time he tells me he’s bored. It’ll be a gentle smack, of course…
minus-squareTigrisMorte@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoYou smack according to the thickness of the skull.
Hand them a book. If they don’t start reading, take the book and smack them with it, then hand it back. Very important to never say a word. Just stare seriously, directly into their eyes.
I’m 100% trying this on my 9-year-old next time he tells me he’s bored. It’ll be a gentle smack, of course…
You smack according to the thickness of the skull.