Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What a bunch of pedantic, overly literal hens!
DH used to go out and play at the park. What that means is he would take his bike or skateboard and roam around until he either met up with some other kids or went on to explore different areas.
DS also walks around to the park and back sometimes with the dog sometimes alone. If he seed kids he knows they say hello and chat a bit. Now that he's older sometimes they grab a bite.
"Go out and play" doesn't mean bring your Ken doll and a Pikachu lunchbox.

Wow, you're one of the most immature posters here. I have no skin in this game, I haven't posted at all until this, but I have to say that you're disgusting. I'm sure you hear that a lot sp you might want to think about why.

No. There were pages of attacks on a poster for saying "go play outside."
It was a well deserved response.

Anonymous wrote:OP, you still have to pay for their activities and actually drive them to their activities. If you aren't doing that, and are at work, what the heck are they supposed to do?

Sign them up for some camps in their interest areas or have them help you pick some interest areas. It may be too late this year, but there may be some classes through your local city or county. You will have to drive them to work if they find a job, most kids don't drive here at age 16. A local country club near me is advertising, for example.

They could volunteer, but you also need to drive them to that too. When I was their age, my mom arranged for me to volunteer near her workplace, so she could drop me off and then go to work.