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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I only have 1 child, a 16 yo son.  He rarely comes from his room other than to eat and say good morning.  I would like him to spend some time out of his room other than eating meals.  Is this normal?  How do you engage a son at this age?

He does volunteer work that he enjoys about 12 hours a week; plays soccer twice a week; has an online tutor; is attending hour long sessions on how to prepare for college (which I signed him up for) so he's not inside  and playing games and mindless youtube videos all day.  He does not see any friends live, but texts and snapchats them daily too.  We watch a show together a few nights a week, at my suggestion.

Will someone please reality check me?  What is reasonable? 
Do you have expectations that your teen not be in room all day?
If so, what do you expect?  How do you engage?

TIA.

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If he is naturally an introvert, this sounds pretty normal.  Especially after COVID when many kids got used to just having online friends.  You can coordinate some fun family activities if you want to get him out of his room more. I take my son on a couple of long weekend trips each summer.

If he is naturally an extrovert, I would be a little more concerned.  My son was like this and it was from being friendless (a bunch of reasons for that, not the least of which was changing schools after COVID).  When he did finally get a friend set, he started going out much more regularly.  But he is extroverted and needs that human interaction much more often. [/quote]

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