What Does Your Young Teen Do On Weekends?

[Anonymous]

http://www.satmorningfooty.com

Try this for a change. There's a winter event and then six saturdays in the summer. All ages welcome and the bigger kids get to either assist or work with the men. Its free.

[Anonymous]

You need to learn to let go. My parents NEVER planned my weekends.

[Anonymous]

I'd ask him to make a bucket list of sorts for the year. What has he always wanted to try but hasn't? Or maybe something new for the family to do. Could be learning to cook, fencing, indoor rock climbing, ride a horse, see a play...

When my kids were young, we kept track of all the different playgrounds we went to. Now that they're older, it might be the different cuisines we want to try like Ethiopian or fondue. We don't do this every week or anything but it's fun to plan family nights out.

[Anonymous]

My son is typically really tired from the week. So he is definitely a TV and video game kid on the weekend. Then church on Sunday, mowing the lawn, and some family activity like boating or a picnic.

Once a month, he's camping with the Boy Scouts for the weekend.

[Anonymous]

This is OP and I'm relieved to see all the responses re tired kids and sleeping late. Sounds like he's among good company.

We're very hands off parents and we were raised by very hands off parents so I'll go back to that approach. Thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP and I'm relieved to see all the responses re tired kids and sleeping late. Sounds like he's among good company.

We're very hands off parents and we were raised by very hands off parents so I'll go back to that approach. Thanks

I agree, OP. Frankly, I'm exhausted just reading some of these schedules parents set up for their kids. Glad I was able to just "be" as a teen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP and I'm relieved to see all the responses re tired kids and sleeping late. Sounds like he's among good company.

We're very hands off parents and we were raised by very hands off parents so I'll go back to that approach. Thanks

I agree, OP. Frankly, I'm exhausted just reading some of these schedules parents set up for their kids. Glad I was able to just "be" as a teen.

I'm the third poster (I think) whose DD is 13. Just to be clear, I do not schedule her weekends. She tells me what she wants to do, I ask questions, say ok, and she does the planning. I get involved when help is needed/wanted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP and I'm relieved to see all the responses re tired kids and sleeping late. Sounds like he's among good company.

We're very hands off parents and we were raised by very hands off parents so I'll go back to that approach. Thanks

I agree, OP. Frankly, I'm exhausted just reading some of these schedules parents set up for their kids. Glad I was able to just "be" as a teen.

When I read the posts, it looked like parents were doing little if anything to set schedules. The schedules seem more set by the teen. And it just shows the range of what's normal. Some kids veg, some kids have 1 or 2 regular interests, and some have a lot.

[Anonymous]

My DD 12 has 2 hours of dance on Sat followed by a two hour math class. She rarely gets together with friends (except birthday parties) as most of her downtime is spent on homework, reading or playing with her brother. We very rarely allow TV on weekends though she watches short clips on Youtube and loves her radio.

[Anonymous]

OP Just out of curiosity why did you give up the travel team?

[Anonymous]

This is OP, my son disliked his teammates last year and it soured the whole experience for him. I don't blame him as from what I observed they were mean, overly competitive etc. Not cool. It looked like he would be with many of the same kids this year and had zero interest

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD 12 has 2 hours of dance on Sat followed by a two hour math class. She rarely gets together with friends (except birthday parties) as most of her downtime is spent on homework, reading or playing with her brother. We very rarely allow TV on weekends though she watches short clips on Youtube and loves her radio.

This sounds a bit repressive to me. Four hours of instruction every saturday plus homework? I'm glad I don't live at your house!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to learn to let go. My parents NEVER planned my weekends.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HS football game
Fantasy league with friend
Referee soccer
Homecoming dance
Fishing
Basketball with neighborhood friends
Watch football with family
Practice lacrosse
Walk dog
Nationals game with friends
Capitals game with friends
Movies

We can't afford movies for professional sports.

[Anonymous]

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Sorry.