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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With the exception of the playground, why did he stop? Weren't his friends around anymore?  If he's a young teen, sorry kid,  go outside and be a kid. A little older I'm sure hat there's a nin intense physical activity he might like.[/quote]

Not the OP, but I can relate. Friends shift in middle school. The sporty boys stay active and the others drift to more sedentary activities. Sure, you can tell them to go outside, but if they don’t have others to hang with out there (mine doesn’t), they don’t want to. Becomes a power struggle and the lure of the screens and the games is strong. It’s hard, a constant source of worry for me.[/quote]

Yeah, middle schoolers and middle school in general is an odd thing sometimes, and like you said the lure if screens doesn't help.[/quote]

Yeah, OP here.  Of course he’d love to be on screens but we are pretty strict about that, which is why he reads so much.  Once in a while he’ll ride his bike to get ice cream with a friend but he won’t ride for “no purpose” anymore and he won’t ride with Dad who mountain bikes and always asks him to join.  Honestly he is just lazy and doesn’t seem to enjoy physical exertion anymore like when he was little.  It’s super frustrating.

He likes climbing okay but it’s really expensive for a kid who is “meh” about it.  During Covid I used to make him run a mile with me to earn screen time. But now he’s back at school with at least PE.  He swims in the summer for fun but doesn’t want to be on the team.   [/quote]

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