I have a 13 year old who is interested in nothing. He did used to spend huge amounts of time on his x-box and it caused huge friction because I would try to encourage him to do other things too, he wouldn’t, he was obsessed with it etc. He is autistic and always had developed obsessions. The other day I was telling him to come off it, he’d been on it too long, he became really angry, had a massive meltdown and hurled it out of the window and it broke. He’s now badgering me for a new one and the answer is no.
But AIBU for wanting him to do something, anything? He’s dyslexic and hates reading, he’s not sporty, any club I sign him up to he’s not interested and drops it after a few weeks (and the epic battles to get him to go aren’t good for my MH). He just says he’s not interested in anything but then has a go at me that ‘I’m bored and you won’t do anything with me.’ If I ask him what he’d like to do, he doesn’t know. Aaaaahhh! My other children aren’t like this, AIBU for wanting him
to actually live a bit or is it just normal teenage behaviour to do nothing?