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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is not your problem, it's theirs, and they need to solve it.  Just say no electronics until X time or only X minutes per day or whatever, and then let them figure out how to fill the time.  Reading, drawing, writing, legos, painting, knitting, sewing, arts and crafts, cooking, science experiments, card games, magic tricks, etc.   If they complain too much, give them chores to do.  They'll figure it out, and their brains will be better for it.  [/quote]
NP I would love for my DC to do any of these but no siblings to play with. Does this approach work for just one kid? and how long can it keep them occupied?[/quote]
I have an only, and it works fine.  Sometimes I play with her, obviously, but she can happily spend hours reading, playing, writing in her journal, drawing, building stuff, etc.  I also invite her to help me prep dinner, etc.  [/quote]

My just turned 12 year old is so content chilling after camp and just listening to music.  9 year old likes to chill and watch some TV when he gets home from camp.  But they only do one week of camp in the summer so they'll get bored more often starting next week and whining for electronics.  But they go to the pool a lot, play out side, they actually started doing strength training routines (push ups, pull ups, planks, etc), next week we are going to start some Khan Academy and having them get back to reading.  They used to be prolific readers and have slowed way down so we'll hit the library and pick out some books.[/quote]

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