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[quote=Anonymous]My 10 year old is like this too. He's just not a joiner, he's always preferred to do his own thing. He likes to do creative unstructured stuff (read a lot, draw, Legos, board games, make up his own games and stories, hang with friends) and doesn't have excessive screen time (we allow some for specific times and contexts, not any time). He enjoyed a weekly library activity for a while but it ended in the late spring. I don't really have an issue with it! He knows that if he doesn't play a sport, he has to make sure to stay active in other ways, so we find ways to work in play outside with friends and family activities. The pool opening for summer will definitely help. The things I do worry about are his social life as more kids do seem committed to multiple activities, and developing a work ethic. School isn't very hard for him so he's not building that capacity to do stuff that's challenging and not always fun. But with his personality, I don't think we can force that for something he doesn't actually care about. He has to find his thing. [/quote]
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