How are your teenagers coping?

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Dd is 15 and bored. She gets why we have to stay in and not meet up with her friends. I feel sorry for her and ds who's 13.

Are you bringing your teenagers out and about, into shops?

I have a 9 year old as well, she just wants to play with her friends.

Dd is 15 and is doing fine so far. School sent lots of work today which kept her busy, then we went for a quick walk and she spent the evening chatting with her friends online. Her main worry is the junior cert, and whether it will go ahead or not.

I'm very grateful we don't have anyone doing LC this year!

We are being very strict about the social distancing for family reasons so no shops with dc. Luckily DH is wfh so I can nip out if I need to, I haven't been out since Sunday apart from a short walk around the block. God it's going to be a long few months.

My ds is 15. He is coping well. He is getting lots of school work, which he is getting through .
He's not meeting friends.
I allow him up to our local park with my other ds ( 10 ) to kick a ball around but that's it . We walk the dog also.
Not quite what he's used to, but he's coping ok so far .
I do feel very sorry for kids and teenagers, it's tough on them .

I have a 5th year student who is desperately worried about how much classwork they are missing out. Lots of tears about failing the leaving (14 months away!). Her teachers have been really good and she is definitely more focused than usual but at her desk from 9am to 6pm and feels she's is doing okay. But still panicking and very unhappy about that race to the LC.

I have a first year who is loving the time off, couldn't give a damn about missing school, more missing friends but getting out for a walk with me every day.

As a teenager at heart I can say that a week has been plenty! I'm ready to get back to work (job gone and unlikely to reappear this year the longer this goes on). I miss normality and the worries I thought were important

My dd (12 years old) was so upset tonight. It's her final year in primary school and her confirmation is postponed, she was upset about not seeing her friends before the end of the school year and missing all the big events that make 6th class special.
I couldn't help but feel really sorry for her and the worst thing was , I had no answers for her. I couldn't lie , so I just told her I didn't k know when they'd be back at school, that no one knows for sure. Everyone is guessing, but no one knows . My heart broke a little bit for her tonight.

DS14 is bored and wants to go back to school I’m dragging him out for a walk every day and trying to suggest lots of boredom busters for him, including some school work but he’s just spending his time in his room chatting to friends. I’m letting it go for his week but he’ll need to start the school work next week.