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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The more I read, the more I am coming down on the side of “typical tween behavior” meets “wrong-sized and inexperienced expectations.”[/quote]

Op here. It is disappointing. I want to like them more and it makes me sad that they are so hard to enjoy. But I recognize this is my problem, not theirs.

When I was 9-12, my family was very active, we went to museums, we went for bike rides, we went swimming, etc....so now kids just kinda like, sit at home on iPads while eating?

My nieces came from another state entirely and there are things to do in my state that are way different from their home state. I thought it would be cool to expose them to different things, which I guess I did.[/quote]

No, that is not how all kids are.  But if that seems to be what they want to do with you, this time, be their soft place to fall, not a judger.  You seem like you do not want to get to know them.  You are disappointed in them.  You are like my MIL who spends like six months planning every moment of a visit and then does not understand if a child gets tired or hungry or just would prefer to have some down time.  And stop extrapolating out of this things like:  “I guess this is just how kids are these days.”  NO.  It just sounds like this is how they prefer to me until they get to know you better.  All of your summarizations sound so judgey and frankly still like u you oh are a person who is not that easy to relate to:  “Sigh, I guess everyone cannot be as grateful, energetic, go-getting, and intellectually driven as my family was.”  Gag me![/quote]

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