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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 14 year old son has one one-hour after school activity and that's it. There's no activity he shows any interest in. He's not into sports (has tried quite a few but hasn't had the aptitude), he's tried various musical instruments but gave up after a couple years. He's a good student, reads a lot, is on his phone a lot and that's about it. I know he's bored quite a bit of the time. Anyone else in this situation? Or have ideas on how I can encourage him to do more/ how to find something he might actually like? [/quote]

Reading is an activity. This sounds fine to me. It’s what I like to do, and it’s what I liked to do when I was a kid, and I’m doing okay!

Is he interested in art at all? Maybe he’d like a digital art class?[/quote]

Don’t people give any though to college applications?  You really think when colleges ask about clubs, activities, leadership, interests…your kid will be an automatic admit by saying “dur..me read?”[/quote]

It's really deep and meaningful how the possibility of getting college is the main reason do do stuff. That's an amazing lesson to impart. And sort of pointless, because look at how many I DO EVERYTHING kids get rejected because they are competing against so many other I DO EVERYTHING kids.

OP, your kid needs to find a couple of things he likes and build off of that. Try a bunch of rec classes or activities, or some volunteer jobs. Throw a wide net. If he likes to read, he can volunteer at the library or eventually get a job in a bookstore. He can tutor younger kids. He will figure it out.[/quote]

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