teenages- family activities in and out of the home

[dangbody]

Any ideas re activities in the home - that does not involve a screen....!!! my dc s dont really yetlisten to music -dd likes to read but dd doesnt.dd likes to cook which we often do.any other ideas to do with both togerther with me (as dd and ds i mean ),and say with ds in the home- dd happy to potter dd not and ends up looking a t a screen and id appriciate some ideas ...thanks

I would let them get on with doing their own thing

gardening? er a really good one that

diy stuff: teach them to use a drill and so on

sawing up firewood and shredding stuff

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In this house it's sleeping or watching the telly
I do guilt them into walking the dog daily when I'm at work
I can, occasionally, get DS off the sofa to walk to a cafe with me for a smoothie
Orange Wednesdays also tempt them out,for more screen time.
I think they've forgotten how to find the garden

DH is taking our lot off to the Oxford museum this week - they will also take in the Pitrivers museum. Lots of improving stuff like shrunken heads which appeals to their morbid souls (aged 15, 12, 11).

Depends on the teenager - we offer the choice and are pleasantly surprised by how often DD1 wants to join in.

We don't have a teen, the closest is 11 (almost 12) and things she likes to do around the house include drawing and sketching (with charcoals, pencils, pastels....etc), cooking and baking, cycling/skating (ok not strictly at home but around the block - we do this together), listening to music and making up playlists, pamper time (face packs, nails, hair etc). We have also been asking her to help out with planning a family day out, giving her a time and budget limit (this was mainly to help her to understand how much things cost!! However she quite enjoys researching it and working it all out as well)........