My 7 year old has increasingly developed anger issues and I think it may be linked to screens. It's all he wants to do and it really concerns me. I think part of the issue is he cannot seem to play independently other than on a screen so when I need to get stuff done I let him play. Anyway I am looking for ideas of other things I can do that he might like to play, first with me and then solo. I've talked to him about what he enjoys. It's stuff like cricket, football, throw and catch, painting, baking, science experiments. All very active stuff and stuff that generally needs more than one. He doesn't want to do drawing or sticking though maybe if I leave stuff out he might? He also gets up very early. We've been good at no screens in the morning but I'm getting increasingly knackered - one by the anger and meltdowns and two by the early wake ups. I can feel myself getting very low. So I'm looking for ideas of what your kids like to do independently. During lockdown we started leaving out 2-3 ideas boxes which worked for a bit but it was quite time consuming thinking creatively about what to put in the boxes. Before anyone tells me about my parenting we do lots together. and I hope that I am present with him a lot of the time. We play sports together, I take him to playgrounds, go bike riding, have friends to play. But he's extremely needy right now, has these regular meltdowns and I have another child and work so I do need him to be able to play solo at times and not resort to a screen. I'm also worried about the screen use and anything to get him away from that would be a good thing I think. It's games in particular rather than television. Thank you.