To ask what your Dc 10+ do all day?

[Mummypig2020]

My ds10 and dd12 are addicted to their phones/Xbox.

We need to try and cut down their usage, but they actual don’t know how to do anything else!! It’s awful.

I’m determined to use this time wisely and try and get them off it more.

So if it’s horrible weather and they can’t get out to play, atm during lockdown what are they doing?

Dd is doing schoolwork but ds doesn’t have as much. It’s getting done when Dh is off work as he is the smart one to help.

DS10 other than his school work he has 1-2 hours Xbox a day, he practices football in our small garden, he goes a walk, run or cycle, reads a book, plays on his phone a bit, plays with the dog.

My DS is 10 (almost 11). He plays on XBox or computer games when he first gets up (usually around 7am) then enforced exercise (workout video etc.) and school work from 9 until about 12. The afternoons and evenings are a mixture of more XBox/computer, reading, playing/fighting with his little sister, riding his bike up and down the lane where we live, family walk, cooking/baking, watching science/space lectures on YouTube, board and card games, video chats with friends, constantly badgering me for food....
Pretty standard stuff really, but he rarely seems bored.

Educational work, read, lego, play outside, board gamea, card games, puzzles, she's learning to play the keyboard, read more, TV, play with her siblings on the Switch, bakes......

My 12 year old son is glued to PS4, although I have recently banned him from Fortnite as his attitude was becoming unbearable with too much game time.
My daughter, 11 is drawing all day and watching youtube videos.
They spend mornings doing their school work and then are mostly left to their own devices because I am working full time from home. We watch movies in the livingroom, they eat constantly and if the weathers nice we walk or sit in the garden.
Dont put too much pressure on yourself to entertain them, its a losing battle.

DD has a bit of Minecraft most days ( 30 -60 mins). She sometimes watches tv ( about an hour a day, not every day, loves old comedies). Aside from that she likes heading out for a walk or scoot, cooking, playing in the woods, making dens and playing Lego/ make believe with her brother, she reads for several hours a day ( Artemis Fowl at the moment and The Week junior/ Beano), draws, potters in the garden, plays her flute, does art and craft. She is an introvert and good at entertaining herself.

We have a no screen until learning is done rule. And they also have to have done an hour of excercist ( walk etc.) My son (8) loves Minecraft and earns his time by getting a 5/10 minute token for each piece of work completed. He's up for 75 minutes this afternoon if he does all his school jobs and is very excited 😉

Dc13 does school work in the morning, then he might go outside or today he is making bread, music practice then around 4 he goes on the Xbox. Some days school work takes longer than others but he is on his phone quite a bit!!!!

Mine are the same ages as yours and spend far too much time on phones. the trouble is, everything they enjoy doing involves screen of one kind or another. I also get frustrated because they get up so bloody early no matter what time they go to bed, so it's phones in the morning until they start some work, which they won't do before 9.

They do school work, reading, music practice until 2ish (and it nearly all involves screens at some point) then 2 hours xbox time, then it's back on phones or laptop unless I enforce something different such as a walk or card game, but since I'm working from home and often have to supervise or help my youngest with his work, I often don't have time to do that much with them afterwards as I'm playing catch-up.

They use their screens for a variety of things - music videos, educational videos, making musical stuff, but I feel awful about the amount of screen time they have and the fact that it's their go-to thing all the time. Youngest will often do a 'concert', but that involves faffing on youtube getting a playlist of backtracks first, and eldest has modles he's painting but only likes to do a little at a time. The only other thing they like is chasing/hitting each other!

Bloody hell - models

During non Xbox time he either goes out on the trampoline for hours whilst playing on his phone (yep he does both at once) or kicks the football. If bad weather he watches tv shows. He has zero hobbies other than Xbox and football 🤦🏼‍♀️

Yes Villanelle my ds likes to kick a soft ball around the kitchen while listening to YouTube.

Mine are in online school 8.45 til 4. Then some exercise on the treadmill or exercise bike, messing about with the dog, dog walk, homework, dinner, tv, bed.

I had great plans for them learning life skills but they don't have time!

My 10yo DD literally dances all day long. She has an hour dance lesson on zoom most evenings which surely should be enough but all day she's practicing routines, she puts music on and dances with the baby, she goes outside and practices acro which seems to involve a lot of flipping and cartwheeling and throwing herself around violently, she can often be found stretching herself into uncomfortable looking positions in doorways or on the staircase. She cooks and bakes while dancing, dances in the shower which drenches the bathroom, she dances while she's tidying her room and while she's doing school work she constantly breaks out into tik tok dances which drives me up the wall. The ONLY time she's still is when she's reading which is usually in the evenings by which time she must be utterly exhausted.

Too much screen time to be honest, but the other things he does are:

Help in the garden - DH is digging up a path and DS is helping load the barrow, wheel the stones and earth away etc. Also helping me with planting and watering

Cooking - helping most days with dinner and making a pudding/snack treat and weekend breakfasts

Playing football in the garden

Coming out with me for walks and recently going for a short run with DH

Art stuff - he enjoys painting and stop animation

Reading (not much!)

WhatsApp family calls

He is also planning a party for when this is over. He has designed the invitations and put some thought into the menu!

I should have said that school is 8:45 to 3:40 with breaks and lunch in that time

12 year old seems to whizz through schoolwork in a couple of hours then just wants to go on social media or PS4.

14 year old is spending longer doing school work and reading/drawing or on social media in between.

Both are helping cook once or twice a week.

Neither has any interest in joining me on walks or playing board games etc together. We started watching the marvel movies as a family activity but they both lost interest about 3 movies in. I feel a bit shit about how little they want to spend time with me.