If there's one statement to make any parent groan it's hearing, "I'm bored!" from their kids.

You spent the morning doing arts and crafts, watched two episodes of "Bluey", baked cookies in the afternoon and even squeezed in a trip to the park—so now what?

Parents will pack schedules and ply their kids with on-screen entertainment to ward off the threat of a bored child, but according to play expert Cas Holman, boredom may actually be one of the greatest gifts we can give kids.

Holman, author of " Playful: How Play Shifts Our Thinking, Inspires Connection, and Sparks Creativity ", told Newsweek that boredom is essential for children's development.

"When their lives are over scheduled, they don't have practice deciding what they want to do," she said. "When their attention is overst

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