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What are your 9-11 yr old girls doing all weekend? At a loss with this age group :(

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noshiforever · 06/09/2021 06:37

DD does one hour of dance on Sat morning but I/she struggle to fill the rest of the time and it's getting us both down. She's an avid reader and reads 7.30pm-9pm every day.

What are your 9-11 yr old girls doing all weekend?

Our younger DS is happy with parks, Lego, playing football all day in the garden. I feel DD has outgrown all the typical kid stuff and needs new ideas.

She does have a few friends and I will invite one of them for a few hours next weekend but I don't think this can be a regular thing as I get the impression most families do value their family time on the weekends.

I do let her play Minecraft for 45 mins/1 hr each day. I try to get her out for a walk but that is an absolute chore to her and I've given up with national trust and places like that is it holds zero interest for her. Obviously I take them to trampolining parks, crazy golf etc but days out like that are too expensive now for us to do often.

We don't have any family/extended family to see.

I feel she has done every craft project known to man over the last 9 years and now isn't interested.

Any ideas so welcome! Weekends have become a complete drag and often end in tears :(

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thaegumathteth · 24/10/2021 00:25

Dd went to a climbing centre with a friend and then shopping today

Tomorrow she's going to the cinema with a friend.

That's not a typical weekend though.

Usually

Saturday - chill out at home and then see friends in afternoon (at park, go for bike ride, at each other's houses) and then watch TV with us

Sunday - bath, chill out, tidy room, visit family sometimes , do crafts or baking , play on the trampoline / walk dog. Sometimes sees neighbours kids.

Robbabank · 24/10/2021 00:28

Mine definitely has bored slumps but she does 2 regular activities per weekend (Sat & Sun mornings) and also does the following:

  • bakes and cooks
  • looks up recipes and youtube hacks
  • goes on her phone/kindle/tv for as long as she can get away with.
  • facetimes friends and family
  • practices make-up and sfx in her room with music
  • makes slime and draws, writes lists and plans shopping trips to local shop for baking ingredients or primark
  • researches her latest interest/pet topic online (whatever she’s into at the time)
  • music practice & homework (minimal)
  • does chores (1 or 2 per day of the following such as laundry, hoovering, dishwasher, sweep kitchen)
  • walks and plays with the dog
  • meets a friend or has one over, or else spends time arranging same and (similar to recipe-searching and list-making) costing up the prices of the local pizza place
  • annoys her siblings
  • plans and makes many of her own meals as she is a fussy one!
  • does a really bad job of tidying her room.
DaphneDeloresMoorhead · 12/11/2021 22:22

Riding.
Homework
Chilling and watching horse videos on Instagram

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