There are few commercial advertisements that I agree with. But the one that suggest "have a family game night" is one of the few that I do agree with.
Just getting out a good board game, deck of cards, etc. and doing it up "old school," or working through the complications of doing one of the new collectible card games...so long as all are of the "right" age to follow along...it is all good. Doing such old simple games like:
The games that seem to play the best around our house are those that everybody has the chance to win...youngest to eldest...especially the games where a major change of circumstances can happen at a moment's notice.
The larger issue is that if everybody can be engaged in the game, playing with and understanding the rules, time simply doesn't play that much of a role in the whole "I'm bored" cycle. If you are fully engaged, you don't need to go raid the refrigerator for a snack. If you are fully engaged in the game, you don't need to fight over who did dishes/trash/kitty litter/etc. last.
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