My moody 10 year old son.

pukkamum

P.s my son has his xbox in his room because being the eldest of 3 the youngest being a toddler in a small house he needs somewhere to escape to.
Wish I did!

bagpussbear

jaxjax123 wrote: »

I try not to be too pushy. It's hard. I never had much interaction from my parents when I was growing up and I suppose I want to make sure he doesn't feel like that. But maybe I'm going to far. This parenting lark is tricky!

I think I may try to hard. I am the type of person who likes everything to be perfect. I know.... I know.... Life just not like that but everyones different. I think I will try to relax strangely enough I am super relaxed with my younger son.

Yeah this parenting thing is hard sometimes, you can't do right for doing wrong, lol

It is difficult, I've also had that dilemma of trying to 'encourage' my son to do different things, but then have had to step back when he is simply not interested.

He's 17 now, but I still wish he would want to do a few outdoor things, me and my hubby are outdoor people and tend to spend most weekends walking, but my son made it very clear he didn't want anything to do with that! he knows his own mind at the end of the day, so I stopped worrying about it, and we are both more relaxed now.

LannieDuck

LannieDuck wrote: »

There was a LARP I heard of recently that was specifically designed for parents to go to with their children. I can't remember offhand what it was, but if you (or your husband) would be willing to give it a go, I'll dig it out of my e-mail when I get home.

It was Outcast LARP I was thinking of: http://www.outcastlrp.co.uk/
It's in the leicestershire area.

"Outcast is a system that is based around the idea that parents want to play with their children, they don’t want to send them off for the day."

Heartbreak_star may be able to suggest other child-friendly systems.

jaxjax123

LannieDuck wrote: »

It was Outcast LARP I was thinking of: http://www.outcastlrp.co.uk/
It's in the leicestershire area.

"Outcast is a system that is based around the idea that parents want to play with their children, they don’t want to send them off for the day."

Heartbreak_star may be able to suggest other child-friendly systems.

I would like to be involved with anything with my son. I don't want to just drop and run.
I am looking for something in the southeast, I have been googling it all evening. I think I have found something at Chislehurst caves. My son thinks it looks good. They have an open day in August so it gives us time to look at it and for him to give it some thought. He didn't know anything about it and he had a big beaming smile when I showed it to him, which is great.

LannieDuck

jaxjax123 wrote: »

I would like to be involved with anything with my son. I don't want to just drop and run.
I am looking for something in the southeast, I have been googling it all evening. I think I have found something at Chislehurst caves. My son thinks it looks good. They have an open day in August so it gives us time to look at it and for him to give it some thought. He didn't know anything about it and he had a big beaming smile when I showed it to him, which is great.

Funnily enough, I started LARPing in the SE ...but that was probably 15 years ago, so I suspect my knowledge is out of date.

But if you're talking about Labyrinth, it's a very well known system. I never went myself, but a lot of the people I LARPed with had been.

There are also LARPs in some of the old forts on the south coast.

An open day sounds like a fab idea. Hope he enjoys it :T

saterkey

I have a nearly 14yr old son, I see a lot of similarities, he has a pc in his room not a xbox though, but loves internet, minecraft, age of empires that's sort of thing. I limit him by having the cable off him after a couple of hours but he gets bored quickly and wants it back within an hour or so. he grunts but then is lovely, hes cheeky and hard work. Hes untidy and wont go out, I send him out for a walk, but then he shuffles off for about 20 mins and wants to come back in. hed love to sit in his room with pc on curtains closed all day if he could, sure hes a vampire at heart, he does read a lot though, gets his work done and is a brainy soul, is doing quite well at school and in top sets for science and maths. I get sick of asking him or shouting at him to give me the cable. and im dreading the summer. So have booked some days out over two weeks instead of a holiday this year so we are out of the house all day. he might get an hour on the pc if we are back early enough though. its just a fad I have to work though I guess, he does play hockey in the season Saturday mornings and partner gets him out in garden and for bike rides, also get lots of hugs and kisses off him, so its not so bad.

Loz01

Dont have any kids but I do run an Under 11's (girls) football team and cant understand some of the 'lethargy' you described, they seem to get it around 10 and 11. Some of the kids in my team (bless them, I know they have school etc) but they're 'too tired' to run or do anything, some take a lot of motivating. But I find a bit of gentle pushing helps and also joining in :rotfl: Ive been known to join in games and such many times and that makes them laugh and wanna join in and have fun. Generally they are good though, just have the odd lazy teenage moment despite only being Year's 5 and 6

jaxjax123

Loz01 wrote: »

Dont have any kids but I do run an Under 11's (girls) football team and cant understand some of the 'lethargy' you described, they seem to get it around 10 and 11. Some of the kids in my team (bless them, I know they have school etc) but they're 'too tired' to run or do anything, some take a lot of motivating. But I find a bit of gentle pushing helps and also joining in :rotfl: Ive been known to join in games and such many times and that makes them laugh and wanna join in and have fun. Generally they are good though, just have the odd lazy teenage moment despite only being Year's 5 and 6

I thought I'd join in tonight, my son went out into the garden. Sp I got his skateboard out and started playing about with it and after 2 minutes #i fell flat on my bum. All four of us laughed so much (It flipping hurt though!).

heartbreak_star

Curious Pastimes is child-friendly, and Labyrinthe is young-people-focused

Well done on the skateboard, you're braver than me haha!

HBS x

LannieDuck

jaxjax, did your son go along to the LARP in the end? Just wondering whether he enjoyed it?