Children's Day 2026: Why parents should actively let their kids dabble with boredom every now and then (Credit: AI)
\n\nChildren's Day is a beautiful yearly reminder to celebrate childhood – and there's no denying that the kind of childhood today's kids are having, are leaps and bounds both different, than even the ones Gen Z has had, never mind the generations that precede them. This however, begs one question: are we giving children enough room to actually experience their childhoods?
\n\nBetween school, homework, tuition, extracurricular activities, sports and screen time, children's days are increasingly becoming a carefully managed timetable, one that goes well past just school hours and even weekdays. Even their free time often comes with a plan, as parents look for newer ways to keep them entertained and engaged. The effort involved of course comes from a place of love, but rhetorically speaking, do children really need to have each and every minute accounted for?
\n\nSidhharrth S Kumaar, Relationship Coach and Founder of NumroVani, for one, believes that constantly filling children's schedules can limit their opportunities for independent discovery. He says, "When every quiet moment is filled with a class, a screen or an activity an adult has…
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