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Teenagers

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What do your teens do in half term?

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ThumbTowers · 29/10/2025 15:12

15 year old DS. He used to love all of the usual activities when younger - cinema, bowling, Halloween trails, meeting other mums and kids at the park/houses etc and so half terms were busy and full. Now he's older I am finding it hard to know how to keep him entertained. He struggles with friends at school - as in he seems to have friends but no particular one or two that are 'best friends' or a natural grouping to hang out with during holidays. He does a lot of gaming and YouTube and I can often entice him out with the promise of lunch or a cake, he's carved a pumpkin today, or he likes to watch some family tv with us (Traitors and similar). But I struggle to know what is 'normal' for kids of this age. He has ADHD which makes my paranoia heighten when I think all other kids must be out with jam packed social lives and doing extra homework....

OP posts:
Zenwalnut · 29/10/2025 15:15

Gym
dog walk
seeing friends

gaming on his bloody mobile

EllaPaella · 29/10/2025 15:22

Gym with friends, gaming, playing guitar. DH has been getting him out to play golf and we’ve both managed to entice him out to come and play pickleball with us.
Tomorrow DH is taking him and his younger brother to the snowdome. He’s not doing anything for Halloween as far as he’s mentioned yet.

HarlequinHare · 29/10/2025 15:27

It hasn't occurred to me to do anything to keep them entertained!
The 15 year old - gym with friends, bike ride with friends, running, revision, gaming,homework, having friends round on Halloween, apparently they plan to bake...
The 17 year old - has been on a music course for three days, has been to party and plans a theatre trip,, will probably spend rest of time gaming, playing music and homework....

Littletreefrog · 29/10/2025 16:11

DS is 15 he has friends at school but has never been interested in meeting up with them outside of school. Both DH and I work all day so be entertains himself in the holidays and has done since he was 12.

He plays on the Xbox
Watches Netflix
Goes on a run/cycle or does weights in the garage
Eats
Apparently revises but we will see if there is evidence of that in the November mocks

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