My son is a zombie! 👽

[Menopausalcraziness]

So, I have 13yo who today is still to get out of bed (13.45) and doesn’t want to do anything!
I’m concerned that with another lock down he’s not able to go out and see his mates and all he wants to do is sit on his phone and scroll through Instagram or you tube watching videos.
I’m also concerned about his mental health and want to avoid him being an addict to social media, which in turn can be harmful.

AIBU to want to remove electronics from him to get him active? I’ve suggested we get some air with a walk at the park or play kerby (that he used to love) to get him some fresh air and avoid any moods, which he definitely has today! Or is he just being a teenager?

Possibly a bit of both? In lockdown I do think it's more important than ever to manage screen addiction but at the same time, they need that connection to their friends. Not unreasonable to remove electronics for a short period to encourage some outdoor activity, it will do him good. At 13 I still loved a game of kerby

Zombie or Alien?

I'm also a zombie

Braaaiins...

Sorry, unhelpful. Turn off the wifi if he won't get up by a sensible time? Is he doing anything at all?

Being a teenager. No tech until after a walk may be an answer.

Exercise is really important. Bore him to death about it until he’s verbally beaten into submission and agrees to go.
Get him to come up with one more thing he could do a day, watch a film together and get him to do a couple of chores.
Social media is fine but shouldn’t be the only thing he’s doing.

Hasn't he been at school all week? Let him have a day off to lounge about and ask him what he'd like to do to tomorrow for some fresh air. That might go down better than trying to force him into it today when he can't be arsed.

Everyone needs some time to switch off now and then, unless it's becoming a regular habit, leave him to it.

I’m still in bed and so is my teenage son. We’re both exhausted with the stresses of work, school etc. I can’t remember the last time we were both up and about before noon on a Saturday.

I’ll probably be able to drag him out for a walk in about an hour, before it gets dark. And then we’ll have delicious brains for dinner.

Get rid of the screens.

Teenage boys need a lot of sleep because they are growing so fast. So mine kept telling me.

I explained that aqnyone who needed to spend 14 hours out of 24 in bed, just needed to go to bed early enough so they could get up in time for breakfast.

Thanks all. In response, he hadn’t done anything except visit the loo and come out for a bacon butty!!
We’ve always had an understanding that he would do ‘boring’ stuff, such as homework before gadgets. This week I’ve not pressed him to do any homework at all and tomorrow is forecast to rain, which is why I was pushing him to get up today.
I managed to coax him into a small walk around a park with an ice cream/hot chocolate after but now we’re back he’s disappeared again!
In short, I’ll turn off the WiFi and hope that jilts him into action!

And yet, here we all are, Mumsnetting.
Leave the lad be, it's the weekend, he has been at school all week.