My kids have activities they do 3 nights a week but that doesn't fill a whole evening and some nights it's just straight home, homework, tea and nothing else and they are becoming increasingly dependent upon screens and I don't think it's healthy to zone out so often for so long.
I don't mind some tv/gaming/phone and know they need to relax and wind down after school but I'm really concerned that they have got into a pattern of literally doing nothing else at home except eat, sleep, homework and stare at a screen and want to try and get them interested and engaged in a few other things but not sure what to suggest!
We do board games at the weekend but no interest in the week and they're past having toys/Lego that used to interest them. They'll go to the park or on bikes in the summer but it's too dark/wet right now.
So apart from organised activities and Staring at a screen, what do your teenagers do all evening?
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mymadworld · 04/03/2020 13:01
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