Boredom Is Not a Crisis: Dr Abrams Urges Parents to Let Children Grow

Parents should resist the urge to rescue children from every moment of boredom, instead allowing them the opportunity to discover their interests, develop creativity and learn how to persevere through challenges. This is the central message of an opinion article by Dr Karen Abrams, who argues that boredom should not automatically be treated as a problem requiring immediate intervention.

In her article, published in the Kaieteur News on November 1, 2026, titled “I’m Bored – When did boredom become a reason to quit, and why are parents so quick to rescue children from it?”, Abrams challenges what she sees as a growing tendency among parents to interpret a child’s loss of interest in an activity as a reason to withdraw them.

Abrams- educator, Founder and Executive Director of STEMGuyana and Pathway Online Academy– argues that children should not be encouraged to abandon every activity simply because the excitement of something new has worn off. Learning to remain committed, work through frustration and find new ways to engage with an activity are important lessons that extend well beyond childhood.