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

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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