Bored

Every afternoon between 3 and 5 p.m., Ashleigh Surratt’s three kids have nothing to do. Sure, there are some boundaries, like “no jumping off random things” and “hurting each other …

Boredom can sometimes feel like a bygone luxury in an age of screens and constant distractions—yet even with all the content in the world at our fingertips, tedium manages to …