Not interested in the lists of afterschool activities out-of-home, I want to know what a typical 7 or 8 year old boy does when he gets home from school and doesn't have anything 'arranged' as such?
DS1(7) is driving me mad. He seems hopeless at entertaining himself. His limited repertoire of things he does on his own without my involvement are:
- lego
- a bit of reading
- computer games
- gameboy
- annoying his little brother (DS2 - age 4 - who wil HAPPILY play on his own)
- TV (after a certain time)
He's very good at making me feel guilty by arriving with some complex game when he can see I'm busy cooking/ doing housework, and then saying "but everyone else's parents PLAY with them..." (surely that can't be true, can it? Isn't everyone busy at this time?)
I wonder if we need to invest in some new & different toys, or encourage some different 'at home' hobbies which don't involve my intensive involvement?