When DS, now 13, was younger, I used to take him out and about everywhere. We live in London and had easy access to parks, theatres, attractions, events, museums, exhibitions etc.
We are in a bit of a funny in between phase at the moment. He isn't quite there yet with making his own arrangements with friends to go anywhere. But he is becoming less impressed with going anywhere with me.
If it was down to him, he'd play Fortnite 24-7 and so I still feel I need to make the effort at weekends to make sure he gets a bit of fresh air, exercise (or movement at least!) and just experience real life. But here I am spending money and time on taking him out when he'd rather not be there at all.
Tomorrow for example, I have offered to take him to the cinema (which I'd combine with a walk along the Thames and coffee/cake somewhere), and even then he was like "meh, whatever." So I'm thinking, am I really going to spend £25 on cinema tickets watching a film of his choice when he's not even bothered or doesn't make him happy??
Or do I just make him go out on his bike to get a bit of exercise and then leave him to it for the rest of the day and I just get on with something I enjoy?!
What with the xmas hols coming up, I normally have lots of days out planned but just not sure how to go about it this year.
Experienced mums of teens please advise!
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cakedup · 14/12/2018 22:28
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