Wow so many comments! Sorry I disappeared to do some work.
I’m actually quite pleased to read such a mixed bag of comments - thanks for all of your input.
Dd does have one friend who is a bookworm (I suspect this is the friend who got her back into reading, actually). I’m not sure what she’s doing this summer, but I’ll encourage dd to send her a message or two.
Dd has now agreed to make dinner a few times a week and also says she might go paddle-boarding with a few girls from school next week. So I think I can coax her out of her room a bit!
She won’t swim or gym or play racket sports or cycle… but she did also say she might do a hike with some of the people in her class who are doing DofE. And she has promised to keep up her martial arts over the summer (this is her main hobby). She also spent 20mins playing with her brother this evening so I’m thinking I can build on that.
She really CAN read almost non-stop all day long and late into the night. She reads walking to and from school (on her phone). Whilst eating dinner. Whilst putting on her shoes. You get the idea. Perhaps it’s a mild neuro-diversity. I’ve really never encountered anyone who reads like this - ok, maybe the occasional page-turner. But not every book!
I have loved reading the various comments about glorious lazy summers of years past, before the responsibilities of work and life dragged us all away.
And dd DEFINITELY needs to make a friend with a tennis court and a swimming pool and a sun-drenched lounger to read and snooze on … that just sounds blissful, thank you to the pp for that dreamy idea.
I did suggest dd could do some baby sitting but I think she’s feeling a bit shy so I need to have a think how I can help her advertise her services. Another thread I suspect!