teenage son relocated to live with me

[dad605]

Hello all, im new to this so please be gentle. I have a 14 year old son who has moved 200 miles to live with me as he had a 'not so harmonious' relationship with his mother. I am currently in the process of arranging education but due to him being from out of area, this is proving to be a drawn out process. I have started to enrol him into activities such as the local gym as to meet other people that aren't myself or my partner.
Where my concern is currently lying is that i am finding it hard to engage him into anything involving myself that he finds interesting, he will not attempt anything creative, like a musical instrument (as i have a fair few), but would rather be glued to his phone or xbox.
i have installed the OurPact app into his phone to limit the usage past bed times which works fairly well.

can any of you maybe give me some advice or ideas?

Thanks,
G

Didn't want to read and run.
I'd say give him a little while just to settle before enrolling him in too much.
Presumably he has school. Try to be led by him as to anything else he may want to do.

14 year olds are all phone and X-box. And he's been uprooted from everything he knows, so is probably relying on his phone and X box more, to keep in touch with friends.

He's had a tough time, clearly. And you want to make things better by doing stuff with him. But pick your battles. Give him space, set boundaries for the amount of time he's online, and focus on getting him into school. Even if the relationship with his mum was awful,she's still his mum and he'll still be missing her.

"i am finding it hard to engage him into anything involving myself that he finds interesting"
He's 14 and you're his dad - 14 year olds rarely find anything interesting about their parents. Unless they are buying a new phone or Xbox.
Let him settle in for a while, once school is sorted and he's made a few friends, maybe think then about a Father and son activity

14 yr olds often like food, even if they don’t say much be available.

so this morning, he started school. I am sure he will do fine there, it's a good school. I'm more nervous than him. cheers for the replies so far all. I appreciate it. G

Rather than trying to get him into anything 'long term', engage with him through eg film/pizza evening, crazy golf/putting/driving range, meal out, go kart session etc. Anything that you can do together will help.
does he have any interests of his own (other than technology!) that you could perhaps get involved in?
I am sure school will help him get involved in local activities, sports etc.