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any ideas of what my 15 year old dd can do for fun

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doggylover2 · 30/10/2018 19:31

So I feel sorry for my DD15. we live in a small village with limited bus service. This combined with me and her dad not driving makes it hard for her to do anything. All that's in this village is 3 general stores, 3 bars, 2 cafes both long closed by 6pm, a rank chip shop and a Chinese restaraunt.
I can tell she's bored at the weekends. There's nothing for her and her friends to really do. In the local town about 6 or 7 miles away there's a lot more such as restaraunts, a Cinema, a McDonald's and other stuff but it is hard for her to get into there and I'll be honest even that town is limited because for a teenager after 7pm unless they are willing to pay restaraunt prices the only thing they can do is the cinema which gets boring after a while.
By the way the nearest bowling alley and ice skating rink are both over 25 miles away (ice rink is closer to 30).
I can tell she is bored all she really does is school which is obviously very depressing. By the way there is no youth groups or anything like that for at least 12 miles.
She is desperate for some fun on the weekends. Does anyone have any ideas on what she could do

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user1494670108 · 30/10/2018 19:36

My dd and her friends all life within easy reach of big city and all the possibilities therein, however more often than not they hang out and sleepover at someone's house. A trip to Tesco for copious quantities of sweets and a Netflix account and they are completely satisfied.
Don't worry about where you live but encourage her friendships

doggylover2 · 30/10/2018 20:22

@user1494670108 her friends and her constantly talk every way they can Snapchat, whatsapp, FaceTime you name it they are talking every chance they get. They aren't interested in sleepovers because they all sit and watch Netflix every week night and so it's lost it's charm to them unfortunately they want to be doing something fun

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Davros · 30/10/2018 20:31

Cooking?
Babysitting?
Get a table tennis table?
Darts (good for maths)?
Erm....

LoniceraJaponica · 30/10/2018 20:36

Do either of you have plans to learn to dtive? We live in a village, but wouldn't have chosen to live here if neither of us drove.

Ozziewozzie · 30/10/2018 20:40

It sounds as though you’re out in the sticks. If this is the case, how about horse riding? Sometimes you can horse share or just lessons. It’s great for bum thighs and legs, most teenagers concern.
Dog walking too to earn money. Lots of teenagers love dogs. Also what about baking. My daughters friend had cancer and so spent tonnes of time out of school (she’s fine now, doing really well at uni) but her mum got her baking, really creative baking. The stuff she cane out with was amazing. She’s so passionate about it now and regularly bakes for her uni friends or fund raising events.
Hope this helps. If you need more ideas I am a bottomless pit. (5kids) xx

Staringcoat · 30/10/2018 20:45

Help her organise some sort of activity/youth group yourselves? (Maybe set up a Facebook group and ask for volunteers/ideas?). There's obviously a need in the area so you might get a better response than you imagine. Best to give it a focus though (even if that focus is mainly an excuse for socialising) ie eco-projects, some sort of sport/team, self defense classes/theatre group, volunteering ???????

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