Ah, summer. It’s finally time for sunshine and relaxation.
If you’re a parent, though, you know what’s coming. After the initial ice cream celebration and that first joyful swim, and likely just around the time you’ve poured yourself a cold glass of lemonade and are about to crack open the book you’ve been trying to find time to read—you’ll hear from your children that same chorus they sing every summer without fail: “We’re bored!”
It’s at this very moment that summer can be made or broken. There is only one summer-saving parental response to such a complaint: “That’s great!”…