I have a 10 yr old girl and she is always bored, and wants me to find her something to do. HELP????

Question

I have a 10 yr old girl and she is always bored, and wants me to find her something to do. HELP????

Answer 1

Sounds like it is time for her to learn how to entertain herself. Whenever my kids came up to me complaining of being bored, if I could not include them in what I was doing at the time (such as having them help me cook) then I would give them the option of "finding them something to do". Usually I would suggest they clean their room. I found "cleaning their room" worked well because A) What kid's room doesn't always need a little tidying up, B) Nothing stimulate's a child's interest in playing with their toys faster than "cleaning their room", and C) My kids would then avoid coming out of their room because I would ask them if they were ready for me to check how their room looked.

Sometimes you have to be a little sneaky.

Answer 2

I'm going to tell you about RPGs, since that's what I play. If you want puzzle games or something more traditional like board and card games, try miniclip, addictinggames, yahoo!games or MSN zone. First I'm going to tell you about the browser based MMORPGs, then I'll mention somewhere you can see the downloadable.

To play games in flash, there are Dragon Fable and Adventure Quest (In both you have to pay to have full access to the game, and notice that Dragon Fable is still under construction and that it's hard for non-members to login into AQ). There are also those community based flash games (that some people consider to be MMORPGs) that are becoming really popular: Gaia Online (that I already played and that is really cool), ClubPenguin, PuzzlePirates, and i think that Habbo goes the same way; in all of this games you create an avatar and play games like fishing to get money and personalize those avatars.

There’s also the pure browser based ones: Tibia is a fairly popular game, BiteFight and Knightfight are OK. Travian is a strategy MMOG, also pretty good. There’s also pokemon crater (but it has a lots of publicity) and, my personal favorite, FallenSword (it’s much like pokemoncrater, only that it doesn’t have lots of publicity, and has a guild system that stimulate interaction, not to mention the lottery and the auction system).

The downloadable... well, i think it's harder to speak about them. I'll also give you a link for the "List of free MMORPGs" on wikipedia, where you can see the downloadable games out there (in this list you can read about other browser based MMORPGs as well). Take a look at the websites and check the screenshots, maybe you'll find some that interest you. My favorites are MapleStory, Anarchy Online, Monsters and Me, Trickster Online (really good, you should consider this), Flyff and Silk Road. Seems like Rappelz is also pretty good.

There are also some really good free downloadable MMORPGs coming out: Sword of the new world (where you can control up to three characters at once - but you'll have to pay so that you can get over a certain level) and the global version of Lunia (it's still on closed beta, but will soon come out - keep an eye on it).

See you.

http://www.dragonfable.com/

http://www.battleon.com/

http://www.clubpenguin.com/

http://www.gaiaonline.com/

http://www.puzzlepirates.com/

http://www.tibia.com/

http://www.bitefight.org/

http://www.knightfight.co.uk/

http://www.travian.com/

http://www.pokemoncrater.com/

http://www.fallensword.com/?ref=193833

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http://www.swordofthenewworld.com/

Answer 3

Get her involved in a sports club or sign her up for some sort of class. Get her books to read, paints, and art. If you really want (though I do not suggest it) get her a TV for her room.

Answer 4

Find a friend.

Do something charitable--bake cookies for neighbors, friends, or sick families at church.  Even if they are prepared, and she just cooks them.

Learn to cook.

Start a diary.

Borrow books from the library.

Plant flowers in the garden.

Learn pilates or yoga.

Water the plants.

Read the Bible.

Learn to knit or crochet!

My husband has taught Sunday School for years, so he has a huge storehouse of misc. art supplies.  I hand them a box and say, go for it!

When my nieces were over last summer for a week (4 kids 14-19), and I took them to the craft store.  I said, I have XX amount of money.  Y'all find a craft everyone will like, because this is your entertainment.

They decided to make matching T-shirts for the upcoming family reunion.  I took pictures of them all laughing hysterically on the couch.  We printed them out on the computer to an iron-on patch.  The kids took it from there.  They loved it and they have great memories.

When my kids came around with the "I'm BOOORED" business, I would assign them a household chore.  Go take out the garbage.

I didn't get many more booorrred questions.  

Don't fall into the trap of always entertaining your kids.  If they are bored, you can give them something constructive to do, or tell them to find their own entertainment.  It doesn't hurt kids to be bored--in fact that's where they learn creativity.

TX Mom

Answer 5

Chore for a little earned spending money works great.  My daughter is saving hers up for a 3 story Barbie doll house.  She will be 10 in 3 weeks.  Do you have an extra room or a basement you can make into a gym?  that's what we did, so she can practice cartwheels jump swing etc.  Good luck!

Answer 6

Have her do chores now.

Answer 7

I would try to find out what she finds interesting and would like to learn about. At that age kids usually fall back on hobbies or sports. Help her figure out what she would find interesting.

Answer 8

have her join a sports team or a club

Answer 9

barbie, movies, tv, toys, friends house, study for skool...

things u can do with her, 1: dance for fun!, sing with her, play board games....

good luck making ur daughter happy... =D

Answer 10

A 10 yr old should be able to take initiative and find something to do for themselves.

If my kid keeps bugging me with "there's nothing to do, I'm bored" I tell her I'll find some chores for her to do if she's bored.    She finds something to do quick smart after that!

Answer 11

Melissa has the best answer, help her find out what she's interested in.  Sounds like she looking for something, something she can call her own, not just a task. Sure she can bake cookies, but does she like to cook? She can plant flowers, but does she like to dig in the dirt?

Find some extra time, make some extra time to work with her and discover a few things/subjects that interest her. Once she finds those, she'll be off and running in her own direction, designed by her.  She'll no longer be looking to you for suggestions on what to do with her time.  

Its important to take the time to help her discover what her talents are, where her interests lie.  Without focus or direction, and not knowing where to turn for help (she's asking for your help) she may turn to activities that won't necessarily inspire her to grow as a person.

Answer 12

when i say to my parents that I'm bored they say "great you can do some chores or work on some math." But if shes bored then she needs to start hanging out with her friends(if she has any) or try to see if her and her friends would like to go to the mall. the mall is always fun

Answer 13

Webkinzzzz or club penguin