Gullible parents sometimes buy into this dodge and, along with it, several other equally bogus strategies, ie. staying up until midnight to finish assignments or mislaying notes on Moby Dick. Occasionally sorely duped parents will feel it necessary to support the staged apathy of a child. The fault is assumed to be with the book or assignment. More challenging courses too often occasion this malady, that's why it should be expected that more demanding tasks will spark a command performance from children who are free to act out their frustrations and objections. While some throw themselves on the floor and beat their fists into the carpeting, others take a more resourceful approach.
Few parents are able to contest the claim of academic monotony.
Many of them are also verging on the same precipice, unsure of their own ability to entertain, to keep the interest of their child and withstand insult, complaint and procrastination. This cynical behavior usually does not constitute a punishable offense, thus it is allowed. Parents might themselves be fighting sleep as they try repeatedly to drive home some obvious point. They too grow weary in the quest to break through the illogical bulwarks that harden young minds against knowledge. In their weakened condition, some fall for the claim of boredom.