Meet the Other Phone. Protection built in.

Meet the Other Phone.
Protection built in.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Preteens

Parenting a preteen can be a minefield. Find support here.

How do your 12 year old DD's spend their time?

30 replies

tinkywinkyshandbag · 23/04/2014 21:52

Concerned about amount of time DD wants to be on her ipad or minecrafting. Or watching TV. I don't know what else to suggest for her really. She does do some after school things, one night a week she does a dance class, she also plays hockey in the winter. But she seems to spend most of her spare time away in her room on her ipad. What do your DD's of this age do to entertain themselves? I feel like a broken record constantly saying "we didn't have computers when I was your age....".

OP posts:
ArrivedAtPanicStation · 12/05/2014 01:35

Instagram.
Mine craft.
Talking to friend
homework
tidying room
swimming

BackforGood · 21/05/2014 23:49

Football (training x 1 a week and match x 1 a week usually)
Scouts - as well as the meeting, going to camps and things like climbing or kayaking for the day, or competitions between other troops
Church - and all that's involved with being part of that community
Music lesson

Then goes round to friends houses, or they come here. 1 friend has a new puppy so there's a lot of walking that at the moment, but they still like to just play out in each others gardens at the moment.
She does watch TV as well of course, and she cooks meals or bakes cakes. She like making cards (for birthdays).

Susiesue61 · 01/06/2014 14:37

Dd is 12. She does lots of sport but other than that, doesn't really go out with friends. She seems to have lots of friends but says when she tries to organise something, they're not bothered. Is this normal?!
(Am starting to fret that everyone else is on loads of sleepovers and trips out Blush
When she's in, she's on the laptop, or watching TLC with me, or baking. She does play sport most nights though, with a spot of guitar thrown in

starfish4 · 02/06/2014 09:55

Mine spends more time than I'd like on her ipad, she seems to spend 90 mins on it when she comes in from school. In all fairness I think her school push them quite a lot, so it's probably her way of switching off before doing homework, which she usually spends approx. 10 hours a week doing.

She does like reading and readily practices her violin 10 mins a day. If she's given the chance she'll do cooking or have a friend for a sleepover. We had moans and groans about a family trip out last week, "don't won't to go, boring" as she looked up from her ipad - it all changed though when we suggested a friend could come and sleepover. If she has a friend here she likes baking, designing something or other, possibly making it, messing around on computer but at least she has company, word searches (competition to see who can do theirs quickest). At the moment rainbow looms (as suggested before) are a big thing here, the only thing is she has her ipad on so she can copy how they're making them! She is allowed in town now with friends, expensive but seems to enjoy it.

Haoa2012 · 02/06/2014 13:55

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread