Ideas to keep teen boy amused during Covid isolation at home, please.

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14yo son has Covid. Feels well. He is a very sociable chap, and I know the boredom will really get to him.
Any ideas for things he could do at home to keep him amused? He has a phone and PS for gaming etc. But I know by 11am on Monday morning he will be saying, I’m bored! Thanks.

Will he have school work to catch up on? That might keep him busy, if he feels ok in himself.

Will he not be doing his school work on Monday morning? Surely the school will be giving him enough work to stave off any worries about boredom...

We have just had this, mine comes out of isolation on Saturday. Mines younger so we felt able to ask him to read for an hour before getting games. It's worked well and he's got back into reading. We played board games together in masks with me touching the Pieces. He got back into Lego and drawing. But I have let him be on games a lot, whereas I wouldn't normally. He could write his Christmas list if he has access to a computer? We did some escape games on the phone as they gave puzzles to crack? Sorry not much help really.

School work.

Plus he's 14, not 4...why do you need to come up with ideas to entertain him, surely he's old enough to sort himself out?

My ds13 didn't have covid but he did have to isolate last term. We turned out dining table into a table tennis table. We also have a football table and a darts board which kept him amused

When DS 14 had COVID he did his school work- they are expected to stick to timetable if well enough so teachers put lesson slides, exercises and homework on Google classroom. He actually had quite a lot to do!

Aside from that he watched films, gamed and spoke to his mates on Xbox, kicked a football round the garden with me and his brother, made a cake, made dinner, played chess with me, refresher training on how to use the dishwasher and washing machine 😆, built a lego technic thing that had been sitting around since Xmas etc.

Virtual sleepovers.
Order pizza; game online/ watch film with friends, and suspend bed time.
We invented the concept in lockdown but it's been dead handy in the current wave.
DS and his mates have a discord (?) server through which to organise it all.

Thanks for the suggestions. I don't know if the school does provide online work etc? I guess we will find out next week. Be good if they did as that would pass a bit of the day.
Cooking is a great idea. He can make homemade burgers/pizza etc for himself, but be good to branch out. And I could download some films. Like the idea of escape games on phone. Also yes to dishwasher/washing machine practice. It's just everyone else will be out at school/work, and trying to fill a whole week can be a bit dull.
0010001, my post is the most inoffensive, mild post. Just wondering if anyone had some new ideas for filling the days. I'm not sure why you needed to respond in that way. I've noticed some people on here just have to be a little rude/snide/superior. Seriously, just don't reply if you can't help yourself. I'm all for differing opinions, but if you can't ask a trivial question on here without being made to feel stupid, what is the point?

my post is the most inoffensive, mild post. Just wondering if anyone had some new ideas for filling the days. I'm not sure why you needed to respond in that way. I've noticed some people on here just have to be a little rude/snide/superior. Seriously, just don't reply if you can't help yourself. I'm all for differing opinions, but if you can't ask a trivial question on here without being made to feel stupid, what is the point?

Don’t worry, op. You obviously missed the MN memo reminding us that 14 yr olds are well past the age of having any input at all from parents, training them up for when they hit 18 and are set adrift, never to return home (unless they’re overly dependent, or grasping leeches!)