What do your 10 year olds do other than screens?

[Hadebough]

In spare time at home?
recently ds is impossible to get off his screens, I don't mind him playing minecraft online with his friend but I hate it when it's just mindless YouTube scrolling etc
hes not really interested in Lego, drawing and things like that although he used to be. He's never been into toys really.
he can't go out and play because we live in the town centre so it's not safe for him to do that. He has asd and adhd which I think maybe doesn't help with him finding it difficult to stick to any hobbies etc

Oh yes and cards and bored games, guides and band practice

Lego
Arts and crafts
So so much painting and drawing
Writing a book (on an old laptop too!)
Playing with the cats
Barbie
Sewing machine

She's very self sufficient and plays happily for hours on these: she just turned 10.

Oh and in addition to reading we've also recently started: reading to the cat 🤪🐈

Football, basketball, art (a lot!), cooking with her parents.
She also loves her gaming!

Mine didn't have a phone at 10 and limited screen time. Had a phone now age 11 but still does all the below.

Reading, drawing, lego, just playing with various toys, warhammer model making and painting, other craft stuff (really likes the ultralight airdry clay), goes and calls on friends and they either play in someone's house or at the park or in the woods. They spent hours in end over the summer making a den in the woods.

DS is just turned 10. He's massively into karate and bmx. Is a good swimmer and is trying gymnastics, so when not out or practising Kata/handstands, he likes:
Learning Yo-yo tricks from dad and online app
Teaching himself guitar from online app
Gravitrax marble runs
Full sized dens - he has two kiwi co sets and uses blankets to make his room look like a shanty town, but he likes sitting in them reading and listening to stories
Audiobooks
CDs of music his dad and I listened to as teens
Using all the open ended blocks, magnatiles, roads, train and Lego that we've accumulated over the years, to build worlds. His favourite is a muggle world with his Harry Potter sets intertwined. Can't say I don't love those worlds- makes his floor space pretty hard to navigate though!

At 10 my DC did sports everyday, football and rugby with clubs and school swimming lesson, tennis lesson, netball etc. Were allowed screens when time allowed in addition to doing their homework and the other activities.

My ds would be on screens all day if we let him and sometimes we do let him. We banned computer games in the week but he still gets TV with time limits. He is happy doing clubs and activities or going on days out but they cost a fortune. Our garden is too small to play much in. He's started going to call on his mates so that's good. He does like Lego and drawing too. I struggle.

Slime! Making vats of it, putting it in little pots, labelling and giving to her friends. Apparently its in demand, and its a non sticky one.

She loves reading too. We keep devices only for the weekend.

At 10 yo, my two sons were playing rugby, football and kickboxing. They were only allowed to go on their Xbox one weekday after school and one weekend day. They were so busy with sports at the weekend, they didn't spend too much time on Xbox. It is possible to control the amount of time children spend on devices.

Mine doesn't have her own device. She has two younger siblings and doesn't like sport so she does
Drawing
Reading
Lego
Playmobil
Sylvanian Families
Diamond Art
Piano
Cycling
Origami
Air dry clay
Sudoku

Just turned 10 DD has strict screen limits and isn’t allowed TikTok, YouTube etc. She’s pretty self-sufficient and plays with her dolls or Lego, reads, draws comics, writes and performs plays, practices her instruments, does crafting. She has various clubs and activities too, so often there isn’t much time left for TV or gaming.

Take the screen away or set specific times eg after school for 30 mins on a Tuesday and Thursday. Don't bend!

Go to the library to get books they enjoy.
Craft.
Lego.
Homework booklets.

Ours has a screen time limit of 1.5hrs including homework (it's quite incentivising for her to get a move on with it). Otherwise colouring, sewing, instrument, books, garden (swingball), cooking, chores, crafts, origami, dancing

My 8yo is ridiculous with he tablet and Xbox but he does enjoy Lego specifically the technics.
I encourage him to read for 20 mins a day but give him the choice morning or evening. He also draws characters-he sees on YouTube and we've bought board games he likes the minecraft game, Simon air, connect 4 spin, connect 4 shots, boggle

At 10, my DS enjoyed theatre and dance classes, playing base guitar, live theatre, skateboard and walks, bouldering, Lego, cooking - with very little screens. Albeit he struggled socially and had no friends.
Once starting comp, he became friends with a nice group of nerdy lads and wanted a ps5 so that he could play online with them... now at 13, gaming, watching marvel and dc etc is all he wants to do. It's hard because it is how he socialises; none of them want to meet in person. It's lovely to hear him shrieking with laughter from his room. We do restrict screen time but he has more than we are really comfortable with. None of his friends have any restrictions and often play late into the night. And we do want him to have friends.
He has lost interest in all of his previous hobbies which I think is typical of many teens. When not allowed on his PS, he reads graphic novels and Stephen King, watches films and mooches around / monologues to us about his games and marvel/ DC. He collects funko pops.
We hope he'll resume his precious interests one day but he is happy and loving school so we go with it and don't nag too much. So it may change for all of you with pre teens. His 10
Y o sister still maintains her hobbies and has no interest in screens.

Oh, his friends are all hardworking and he is top group in all of his subjects. But does get into trouble sometimes for messing around with his friends- eg switching places with all of his friends when the teacher pops out of the room! 🙈🙈