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World Service,3 mins

Are teenagers more bored than ever before?

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Dr Elizabeth Weybright (Washington State University) talks to Marnie Chesterton about why children and teenagers are more likely to get bored than adults, how we can help kids develop healthy ways to respond to boredom, and why, despite near constant access to entertainment, boredom in teens is on the rise.

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