My psychology professor used to say that boredom is very important state for kids. They should experience it on a regular basis, because it is the state when pe

My psychology professor used to say that boredom is very important state for kids. They should experience it on a regular basis, because it is the state when people become themselves. It is not external events drive their existence, nor habits or conditional reflexes, but they need to think of something to deal with boredom. With this line of thought boredom becomes a driver for a development of a personality.