Anyone else have teenagers living their dream life at the moment?

[Makinganewthinghappen]

My 15 year old is “mid assesments” for autism - my 9 year old is autistic and i am fairly surely that my 15 year old is also. I have other children who are not - so it’s fairly easy to see the difference!

15 year old is already homeschooled because of severe difficulties socially at school but I still drag her out each day to various “socialising” events etc because it feels like the best thing to do.

Dh is in a high risk group and we don’t have a garden or any nearby places to walk so we have literally been in our house constantly for the last week.

My 15 year old has never been happier - she has been doing her school work then sitting quietly alone for the rest of the day - for her this is bliss.

I keep seeing people posting on Facebook etc about how their teenagers are missing friends and wanting to go out etc and it’s making me really sad seeing the contrast with my daughter who literally doesn’t give a shit about seeing either other people and doesn’t really even care about seeing me, dh or her siblings.

I know this is a tiny thing and so many people have worse things to worry about!

But I just wondered if I am the only one with a teenager who is overjoyed by the shutdown?

Mine is fine, could live in his underpants, chilling indefinitely.

No. Mine is depressed at lack of sport and friends

One of mine is as happy as larry

If only college would stop giving him homework...its the only fly in his ointment

My teen is a real introvert (like me!) but is bored and missing seeing friends at school.

No, mine is missing uni life and sport.

Both of my autistic D.C. (one teen one younger) are absolutely thrilled to have the pressure off. The stress levels have reduced significantly in our house. I'm considering home schooling the younger, but I don't know if I would be able to do it well enough.

Mine has no GCSEs and has spent the day binge watching Disney+

"Mine is fine, could live in his underpants chilling indefinitely"

Now that is my dream lifestyle- good for him 😎

Both mine are quite happy - 1 ASD with a chicken obsession and we just bought 3 silkie chickens, other one has group chats with people over 4 schools and decided she's painting her room and laying a new floor. Just glad they are happy.

My kids are both pretty social but enjoying having time to do the stuff they don't usually have enough time for. My 17 year old spends at least four hours a day playing piano and guitar.

Mine like to keep busy, thankfully he can (for now at least) get to the Country Park on his bike, he's also busy building loads of Warhammer scenery. However he's refusing to do any school work, he's Yr 11 so trying to motivate him now he doesn't have to sit GCSEs is almost impossible
I'm leaving him to it for now, at least he's up and about at a reasonable time each day.

The ASD one also loves maths and is attempting to do a year's maths in a day "so I can be top of the Mathletics leaderboard and be officially recognised as the greatest nerd in the UK" then starts cheering.

Yes, my autistic 17 year old is happy to be sat in his room in peace. I told my children that after we'd finished self isolating we could go out for an hour each day for a walk. "Do I really have to?"was his response

Yep my 17 year old is living his dream.

(Apart from the 2 hours a day I force him to do his Btech course that’s gone online).

My DC are pretty happy. Maybe it’s a neuro-diverse thing?

DS2 with ASD is a bit anxious about the assignments he’s now got to complete at home on his own without support. I’m trying to help but it’s a bit beyond me.

DS3 is happy in his PJs and laptop on Discord. Has no real desire to actually see people!

my 14 year old introverted DD is most definitely living her dream. Adores not going to school or having to socialise. Absolutely adores it. Is keeping up with the h/w being set but otherwise deliriously happy to have an excuse not to interact with anyone except us, and us only slightly. My older DD (17) is more sociable but even she doesn't mind it at all, none of her pals are doing anything either so there is no social media induced FOMO and she's pretty chilled. The only thing currently bothering them is my weird desire to have them dressed by dinner-time (not really happening) and urging of them to poke their noses into the fresh air every couple of days. Otherwise this appears to be nirvana-ville and I doubt they will ever want to re-enter normality, the younger one particularly. In fact, jokes aside, I can see that being quit a difficult transition for her

My 10 year old would live in his pj's, alternating between making amazing lego constructions and watching movies on a loop.

He was nearly tested for ASD earlier this year after seeing a psychiatrist/psycologist, but we decided it was borderline and not worth progressing.

So we think he has asd tendencies. This closure makes him the happiest child ever. He doesn't see anyone for the 8 week summer holiday, never wants playdates. He just wants home, carb based snacks and tv and lego.

The 12yr old is spending all her spare time on YouTube and WhatsApp, I don't think she is unhappy, but definitely more social. She loathes exercise though, so getting her out for a walk is impossible.

My NT 19 year old DS is home from Uni & is perfectly happy in his room playing online with friends, cackling away. It's what he does even when we're not locked down. 😂

DD is more sociable and consequently finding it harder.

Yes my DD is. Life as she knows it hasn't changed as she has been largely housebound for the last 4 years with ME. And she received Animal Crossing last week so has had something to keep her busy. So you could say she's living her best life at the moment.

My 15yo dd is happy as Larry. She's been working hard for GCSEs and is enjoying having the pressure off and being able to read, write and draw for fun rather than to a curriculum.

13yo is more outgoing and is missing her friends.

My DS (13, and ASD) has told me that this is the best thing that has ever happened to him.

When I was a teenager I would have been fine with it, I spent all my time in on my computer anyway.

My DS is connected with his mates online. Gaming or just chatting while ostensibly collaborating about college work. He’s keen to go on the daily walk though, so I think he is missing being outside and free even though he’s not particularly sporty.

My 14 year old could not be happier. She hates going out and now she has a really good excuse not to. She is definitely living her dream life.