What nice bonding things do you do with your late primary aged boy

[JennyTals]

Love my ds dearly, but he’s more of a closed book, ask him about his day and he will reply yeah it was ok ….
I’ve googled up ways to t egg and get home to open up more and try and ask open questions rather than did you have a nice day ? Which will always be meet with a yes

we do enjoy art music films together
both live animals
but I’m just trying to think of ways to connect more
he loves gaming like most kids his age but can only do that so much
so anyway just looking for a few ideas to make the most of my time with him

We often used to go swimming together, also country walks, and museum visits were always a hit.

Other things we did were going to concerts, especially ones where the children could join in, and cinema trips.
At home we played cards and board games, cooked together, did gardening he used to grow salad stuff and herbs in his garden. We used to read together in the evenings.

Does he like sport? We go and watch our local football team regularly but there is lots of local sports around that we could follow. Doesn’t have to be expensive, smaller rugby/football/cricket clubs.

Also, we both love the Uncanny podcast and listen to that on car journeys.

Oh I’ve not heard of uncanny podcasts before

yes he does sports but his dad takes him to that. As they are both into it

I have bonded most with my sporty youngest over his sport - so don’t let dad and him do that in isolation! We’ve had the best chats in the car on the way to/ from matches & training and we often go for coffee & cake afterwards. These are my favourite memories of time spent with my DS ❤️

I'd rather do many of the other ideas and do things we both enjoy, and I think it's nice for dh and him to also gave this time together also

My now adult son and husband did big Lego projects together . He lives out of the home now but generally comes to stay a few times a year for a few days and they still do it now . This year they have another Lord of the Rings build to do and a huge dinosaur .

Mine has just read the Harry Potter books so we have been watching the films together. I've also taken him to watch his favourite football team a few times. I'm trying to be more mindful of saying yes if he asks me to do anything like play football in the back garden etc.

I like going to community things with him. It's not really a 1:1 activity but it makes me happy to see him interacting with his friends and other families. Parkrun is a good one for this and we like going to the cafe afterwards.