BIC\u00ae KIDS as part of its Young Artist Award<\/a>, which celebrates the creativity of children from across the country by taking children\u2019s artwork beyond the fridge door and onto public billboards.<\/p>\nParents are keen to see kids move away from digital distractions; with two-thirds (65 per cent) feeling guilty about the amount of screen time that their children have. Just 14 per cent of parents claim it\u2019s natural for modern children to spend time with screens.<\/p>\n
When it comes to the most popular ways of banishing the boredom, parents and children clearly have a difference of opinion. While the go-to forms of entertainment for children include watching TV (68%), playing with a tablet\/iPad (61%) and watching YouTube (60%), parents tend to favour more traditional pastimes.<\/p>\n
How parents banish their children\u2019s boredom:<\/p>\n
Playing board games with them (42%)
\nPutting on the TV (40%)
\nProviding a pen and paper for drawing \/ writing (39%)
\nHanding them a book to read (34%)
\nProviding a tablet\/iPad (31%)
\nCooking with them (26%)
\nGoing to the zoo or park (24%)
\nPutting on a games console (20%)
\nTaking them to a friend\u2019s house (17%)
\nPlaying imaginary games with them (17%)
\nGoing to the cinema or theatre
\nDr Martin Stephen continued: \u201cIt\u2019s all about getting a good balance. Creativity can be encouraged via digital games but it\u2019s important that we continue to develop core skills such as drawing and writing as it\u2019s been proven that these skills aid creativity and imagination.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat a child sees and does on a screen can encourage creativity but all too often it\u2019s the creativity and imagination of the designer, not the child. Drawing and writing with a pen aren\u2019t old-fashioned and out-dated – they\u2019re proven state-of-the-art and affordable boosters to the child\u2019s body and brain: the ultimate fertiliser for the imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca Huda, BIC\u00ae UK and Ireland\u2019s Product Manager \u2013 Stationery, comments: \u201cIt\u2019s challenging to consider boredom as a positive thing, but I think we\u2019re all aware that taking a bit of time away from constant noise and activity, has a positive effect. It\u2019s good to be able to let the mind wander and through our competition, we\u2019ve seen that kids in the UK have amazing imaginations\u201d.<\/p>\n
After receiving hundreds of entries from creative 5-11-year old kids from across the UK and Republic of Ireland for the BIC\u00ae KIDS 2018 Young Artist Award, regional finalists have had their artworks displayed on billboards and have been put forward to a public vote which will crown the 2018 champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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