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Son has no interests

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LindosDreams · 03/09/2025 16:36

My 9 yr old son does nothing but game and watch YouTube. He has no Interest in playing sports, he quit his swimming lessons as he wasn't enjoying them anymore and it was a weekly battle to get him there. He joined Cubs about a year ago but now he wants to quit that too, says most weeks are boring. I don't want to force him to do things but everything I suggest, he says no, he just wants to be at home. He said he will go swimming with me but its kind of a break for me too when he's out of the house for an hour or so. Anyone else have the same problem? How do you go about things?

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oviraptor21 · 20/10/2025 11:52

He has an addiction. You need to work on breaking it. He's young still so you have a chance.

herbalteabag · 20/10/2025 11:58

He probably wants to be at home because he's addicted to using screens for entertainment. If you limit that to a couple of hours a day he will hopefully look for more things to interest him. But you would need to be consistent.

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