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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a beautiful day of a long weekend. Nothing planned - no soccer, no lessons, no friends in town. I want to get my kids out of the house to go somewhere, anywhere and all they want to do is sit at home. This is not the first time and I'm at my wits end. I even pulled out the "you could die tomorrow" card, but that gets you nowhere with an 11 and 8 year old. I have proposed all sorts of activities, including bike ride, hiking, canoeing, kayaking and I get nothing.

Anyone else BTDT or have advice?[/quote]

My kids are the same age and I am puzzled by your children's behavior.  My children always want to be doing something -- practicing their sports so they can get a D-1 recruiting bump or money, volunteering at the homeless shelter, or selling lemonade/cookies for extra spending money.  I often tell them to slow down and relax.  Are your children depressed?[/quote]

"if other kids aren't like mine, they must have a mental illness!"[/quote]

Am I the only one who assumed that was a joke?

+1 to all those to said to just pick something and make them go.  My mother used to do this to us on beautiful days.  She'd drag us out up to a two hour drive away to go somewhere gorgeous along the coast to soak up the weather and enjoy some other town.  We always complained (my sister practically kicking and screaming, me usually nose buried in a book and wanting it to stay that way), but I, for one, always ended up having a great time and was thankful.[/quote]

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