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[quote=Anonymous]Hi all, I am a single mom of a 11 yo DS (5th grade) who is very mature for his age. He acts and looks more like a 13 year old. He even has a girlfriend. Not even kidding.

DS has little to zero interest in doing almost anything with me besides going to movies or watching sports on TV, playing Pokemon Go, or going out to eat. I understand that developmentally they do pull away, but I just don't know what to do with him on the weekends I have him now. He has very few friends, so when they are out of town or not available, we are SOL. He ends up spending way too much time on his device, and I don't know how to keep him busy in a healthy way. He is in soccer but that's one game per weekend and then we have the whole damn weekend yawning ahead of us. He gets very angry and entitled if he is bored, but he has no idea how to entertain himself. I was an only child and I get that it was a different time, but I had no problem entertaining myself for hours.

I feel like I have to go crazy being his social director on the weekends and it's super miserable.

Has anyone else faced anything like this? Thanks!!

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