My 14 year old daughter has done absolutely nothing with her time since she broke up from school. She gets out of bed around lunchtime, slobs around all day in her pyjamas and spends the entire time on her ipod and mobile phone playing games and messaging her friends. She won't practise her instruments, refuses to do the small amount of homework set by school and rarely leaves the house despite my constant nagging. Do you think I should just leave her be? Part of me thinks the rest may do her good before she starts on her GCSE courses in Year 10, the other part thinks she is wasting valuable time when she could be preparing for the next school year, or at least doing something a bit more worthwhile. Also, do you think I should continue allowing her to have lessons for her instruments when she can't even be bothered to practise during the holidays? Any ideas how to constructively occupy a teen during the hols? Any advice much appreciated!
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Has your teen been slobbing around all day during the holidays too?
Sahmof3 · 10/08/2013 08:59
.OMG she's up and out! She's been forced persuaded to go out for a walk with DH and the dog. She spent ages doing her hair and smiled too. 
Wonder what she's after.
Thanks to his paper round, my 13 yr old has been up at 6.45 every day. I have taken him camping a couple of times though (and DH has done his round for him 
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We are quite lucky, living by a river, with all the good weather; I've spent a lot of time down there with DS and DD (both teens), having a grand old time.
I imagine being in our old house wouldn't have been as much fun, as they'd have been asking for money to go swimming etc., constantly.
I thought the whole point of the school holidays was to lounge around doing nothing!
My 14 yo has been quite active. He has been learning to tightrope walk. 
But he's fixed one end of the thing he walks on (it's not a rope) to an apple tree, and all the apples are falling off and going to waste.
My 14 yr old isn't, but my 11 yr old is .
14 yr old slobbing and texting a fair bit but also seeing friends, drawing, playing guitar, reading and willingly does any chores required. Generally cheerful.
11 yr old grumpy as hell. Sleeps late, and by the time she's up, clean, dressed, hair dried, brunched and BORED, most possibilities for stuff to do with the day have passed her by. She would play SIMS all day if allowed. Rarely even reads. Won't see friends as is in between schools - not sure why that's relevant! - and her best friend (who's going to the same school) is away most of the summer. She happily took part in a few activities I organised earlier in the summer (ours have been off for 6 weeks already) and will tolerate days out as long as it's involves buying stuff and eating cake, rather than any physical activity, in which case she moans throughout. As we're on a budget and I'm now trying to work at home, these opportunities are limited. Three weeks to go, and roll on bloody September.
no advice really sorry dd2 said the other day aafter getting up at 12 and faffing about said to me at 3pm what are we doing today 
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