A while back I had a little girl (5) who started up saying "I'm bored". I definitely took it personally! I would say back "What do you mean you're bored? Today you played with the Barbies, we had snack, we baked muffins, you painted that picture for Mommy and we played outside, that's a lot of fun stuff!" And she would respond, lol, "Oh yeah!" happily and ran off. I think kids often have 'go to' phrases when there is a pause in their day. I totally agree with bookworm too, saying that he is complaining over things he is not in control over...he fully knows this, and is grumpy about it.

































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