Screen time restrictions over summer holidays for DS12

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My son is 12 and is really into computers and gaming. With the school holidays approaching, I am worrying about how best to restrict his time on the computer. I work in a school so am off for the holidays with him. We will be having lots of days out and visits to family and friends, but it will still leave plenty of time at home. Apart from enjoying swimming, he is not a sporty child and has no other hobbies, despite us encouraging him. As well as gaming, he does computer coding, and he reads on a kindle. With homework mostly done on the computer too, we are aware that his current screen time is too high and needs reducing. I am really not sure what else he can fill his time with! Does anyone else have this issue? How much screen time are your similar aged children allowed? I am asking now as I would like to be prepared with some kind of plan, and talk it through with my son in advance, so we aren't arguing over it!

My son is the same, he will turn 13 in the summer. I have found that the structure of a holiday camp has helped in the past - he did tennis camp for a week last year with his little sister and enjoyed it. Indoor trampoline parks are good fun when the weather is bad, and swimming as you have said (could he go with friends?).
We have just bought our son a decent bike and he is enjoying cycling to his friends houses (even if they do gaming when there!!)
It's not easy when they aren't sporty

Thank you for replying. He isn't keen on trampoline parks, but I will try and encourage him anyway. He usually manages about half an hour out of the hour session on it! He could go swimming with his friends. I am going to enquire about a pass and then see if he can maybe go twice a week with his friends. We have been looking for a new bike for him recently, but they are so expensive and I am not entirely convinced he would use it enough! I have tried to encourage him to do a holiday club every summer for the past few years but he hates the thought of it, and I don't like to make him go as I am at home! I wish I knew his friends parents, as I could maybe speak to them to arrange things! He should be doing that though!

When mine were younger, I used to say 'no screens until after you would normally be home from school' time. Kept it straighforward and clear cut.

I have a slightly different approach. I let him play until he literally drops for the first week. After a few days he appears bleary eyed asking what we are doing for the rest of the holidays and then is really happy to join in with days out and family activities.

I realise this approach might not be liked by everyone though