I’m hoping people will say I shouldn’t!
I’m a single parent, no paternal involvement, 2 boys ages 14 and 10. I’m a GP, and of course it’s very busy at the moment. My kids are sports mad, they have zero interest in crafts, art, cooking, reading - and any indoor activities really, apart from Xbox.
We live remotely so they are able to go to the local park as no one else is there, but playing football with just each other gets boring , so they only stay out for 1-2 hours each day. When they haven’t got school work, they spend the rest of the time playing Xbox with their friends.
I’m as busy as ever. Yes my usual weekend activity of ferrying them to football matches has stopped, but all the other house chores are there, as well as a lot of work from home to be done - so I just don’t have the time to create exciting games in our (medium) garden. And kids being kids, they default to the screens.
I’m feeling guilty that this isn’t good for them.
Do I just need to relax and accept that things are different now and this won’t be for ever? I’m so conditioned to thinking that sunshine = get off the screen!!