I have 3 hours alone with my 10 year old DD today- what should we do?

[Anonymous]

I haven’t had any alone time with her since quarantine started. DH is taking our others out for awhile and I want to do something special with her.
Ideas?

[Anonymous]

Crafts, read aloud a book to her, do yoga, cook something together, chalk the sidewalk, do laundry together, ride bikes or take a walk, review her math homework...
I wish I had the same time with my ten year old!
Honestly, anything you do together will be an investment in time.

[Anonymous]

Ask her for some ideas on what she would like to do .

[Anonymous]

Depends on the kid. Mine is still little (4.5) but we usually go on a fun scramble hike and a picnic.

[Anonymous]

ASK HER. She’s 10 not 2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ASK HER. She’s 10 not 2.

You're totally unhelpful. Do you not have kids that are verbal? Most of the time when you ask them, their answer is "I don't know". It helps to have suggestions.

B!tch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ASK HER. She’s 10 not 2.

You're totally unhelpful. Do you not have kids that are verbal? Most of the time when you ask them, their answer is "I don't know". It helps to have suggestions.

B!tch.

Sounds like nap for YOU. Jeez.

[Anonymous]

I just asked my 11 year old DD for ideas for your. In order, she suggested:

1. Play 1:1 basketball.
2. Do face masks together
3. Paint your nails

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ASK HER. She’s 10 not 2.

You're totally unhelpful. Do you not have kids that are verbal? Most of the time when you ask them, their answer is "I don't know". It helps to have suggestions.

B!tch.

wow. Have a glass of wine.

[Anonymous]

Bike!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ASK HER. She’s 10 not 2.

You're totally unhelpful. Do you not have kids that are verbal? Most of the time when you ask them, their answer is "I don't know". It helps to have suggestions.

B!tch.

I have use-or-lose vacation days to burn, and I’ve been trying to get my 13yo to tell me what she’d like to do during the week after school finishes next month. *shrug* is all I get.

But that’s probably because she knows that anything she might suggest will either be impossible (everything’s closed) or not really feasible right now (travel). She’s already done all the safe, fun, possible things she can thing of around our house and neighborhood.

We’re both out of ideas.

[Anonymous]

We ended up making homemade sorbet and then I read out loud to her from her latest chapter book (she usually reads to herself). Both were low key but perfect and she said “I wish we could do this more often.” It reminds me how much kids crave individual time. I could have done a dozen overdue chores around the house but this was time well spent today.
Thanks for the suggestions!
-OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ASK HER. She’s 10 not 2.

You're totally unhelpful. Do you not have kids that are verbal? Most of the time when you ask them, their answer is "I don't know". It helps to have suggestions.

B!tch.

You really need to spend some time trying to figure out why you are so nasty. It’s not normal. It’s not healthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ASK HER. She’s 10 not 2.

You're totally unhelpful. Do you not have kids that are verbal? Most of the time when you ask them, their answer is "I don't know". It helps to have suggestions.

B!tch.

NP The thing is most parents know what their ten year old likes and dislikes so if my ten year old would love to roller blade but, her kid likes to do arts and crafts how would my suggestion help?

Also, before you call someone the Bitch word you should take a pause and look in the mirror. Would you want to be called a bitch over something so trivial?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We ended up making homemade sorbet and then I read out loud to her from her latest chapter book (she usually reads to herself). Both were low key but perfect and she said “I wish we could do this more often.” It reminds me how much kids crave individual time. I could have done a dozen overdue chores around the house but this was time well spent today.
Thanks for the suggestions!
-OP

I feel bad for kids like yours whose parents don't do that stuff regularly...