Athletic son in a cast for 6 weeks… what to do?

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Anonymous wrote:This is all so weird to me. My tween son was in a cast for 6 weeks one summer and pretty much nothing changed- he went to the pool, but didn't swim, just hung out and played volleyball (with one arm) and got snacks with his friends and did all of the non water stuff that our kids do at the pool club all summer. He attended his soccer team's summer camp (day camp) for a week like always, with his teammates, and didn't participate in scrimmages or anything where he might get hurt, just did the drills and hung out and had fun. We still went camping once. Hiked a bunch. Still went on our planned vacation to London for a week. It wasn't a big deal honestly!! It may have been a bigger deal if he'd been on summer swim team, that would have been a real bummer for him, but it's not like he's in a full body cast or hospitalized for 6 weeks. It's one arm. He's not an invalid.

Np. It’s nice that your summer wasn’t affected, but it sounds like your kid was not particularly athletic so you don’t have relevant experience. I have a very athletic boy right now in a leg cast and it’s hell. Another boy was in a cast a year ago and it wasn’t nearly as bad. It depends on the kid, but some boys are physical ALL the time and really need that (especially the ones that also have adhd).

Good luck Op!

Thank you! Same to you… I wish I had sage words of wisdom for you but alas all I can say is that I hope that it gets less hellis

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I just came across this because my son will be in a cast for a month! Sending positive vibes to all the kids going through this. It’s not fun.

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My son is a runner and if you’re in an arm cast, it’s generally not recommended that you run because you can fall easily and injure yourself again due to balance issues. Also believe it or not, you use your arms when you walk or run, especially longer distances or hiking.

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Can he volunteer to help coach younger kids, or umpire/run games or tournaments? That would keep him off the couch and involved in the sport, but still keep the risk of re-injury to a minimum.

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Hang out with his friends, in an physically-modified way, Being with his friends is THE most important thing.

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The bro should learn to read

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ridiculous.

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It's OK for him to be bored. Learning to be bored is a underappreciated skill.

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Anonymous wrote:It's OK for him to be bored. Learning to be bored is a underappreciated skill.

This seems to be a common theme. Yet I haven’t seen someone expand on it. When my teen was/is bored, they learned how to do xx. That’s the whole point of this thread, teen is bored, do you have any suggestions of hobbies that helped? What they could learn?

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Necessity is the Mother of Invention

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Anonymous wrote:It's OK for him to be bored. Learning to be bored is a underappreciated skill.

This seems to be a common theme. Yet I haven’t seen someone expand on it. When my teen was/is bored, they learned how to do xx. That’s the whole point of this thread, teen is bored, do you have any suggestions of hobbies that helped? What they could learn?

The bro never had hobbies before? Sad

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's OK for him to be bored. Learning to be bored is a underappreciated skill.

This seems to be a common theme. Yet I haven’t seen someone expand on it. When my teen was/is bored, they learned how to do xx. That’s the whole point of this thread, teen is bored, do you have any suggestions of hobbies that helped? What they could learn?

The bro never had hobbies before? Sad

The bro has a ton of hobbies and is injured and can’t do them. Other than reading, all these judge people haven’t suggested anything much.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's OK for him to be bored. Learning to be bored is a underappreciated skill.

This seems to be a common theme. Yet I haven’t seen someone expand on it. When my teen was/is bored, they learned how to do xx. That’s the whole point of this thread, teen is bored, do you have any suggestions of hobbies that helped? What they could learn?

Omg the entire point is that they are bored and they are forced to figure this out on their own- find their OWN hobby, figure out what THEY want to do to break their boredom. That is where the personal growth comes in. Handing them idea after idea to choose from robs them of this opportunity. Why are you so afraid of your kid getting to figure out something on his own?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's OK for him to be bored. Learning to be bored is a underappreciated skill.

This seems to be a common theme. Yet I haven’t seen someone expand on it. When my teen was/is bored, they learned how to do xx. That’s the whole point of this thread, teen is bored, do you have any suggestions of hobbies that helped? What they could learn?

The bro never had hobbies before? Sad

The bro has a ton of hobbies and is injured and can’t do them. Other than reading, all these judge people haven’t suggested anything much.

The hobby everyone is suggesting is the hobby of letting him sit with his thoughts and feelings and self motivate to do something. To be creative. To learn something about himself- who is he on the inside if he can't play his sports for a few weeks? What else makes him tick, what else does he enjoy? It is a gift, forcing him to branch out beyond sports for a few weeks. You take the gift away when you come up with the ideas for him. What does that teach him about himself? Nothing. Except that his mother doesn't think he can solve problems on his own, so, maybe he starts to think that too.

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The bro has a peanut brain and so does the helicopter mom