[theshrike79]

Exactly this. My #1 advice for new parents is that the most important thing for a parent in the long run is to make sure their children are bored out of their gourds regularly.

Kids need to have times when screen time has run out, there's nothing on TV and they have no hobbies on engagements to run to. Just time alone without any external inputs.

This is the point where creativity usually pops up. Kids should be able to play with anything around them.

[meristohm]

Yeah, boredom is a key, one I remember unlocking creativity when I was younger, and one I rarely can find anymore without effort (like John Cleese of Monty Python sitting in a barren room for four hours, 3.5 hours of boredom followed by a half-hour of inspired writingj[0][1].

[0] Create a space to play (2min clip): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWEXQ9E4QiI

[1] Make time for boredom (36min, Swedish subtitles?): https://vimeo.com/176474304

[hypertele-Xii]

I wish someone made the opposite lecture to John Cleese on creativity; I'm stuck in open mode, an endless supply of ideas, struggling to turn off the faucet and actually make something.