Teenagers and school holidays

supersaver1000

springdreams wrote: »

I work full time, and have always done so. I am a single parent, and have been since my DS was 5.

My DS has recently turned 13.

He doesn't see his father, so I get no help with holiday or any other child care from that source.

I used to send him to holiday clubs, enrol him in sports clubs and activities at the local leisure centre etc. when he was still in primary school. Since going to senior school he has not wanted to do the planned activities, as he wants to plan his own day, and he and his friends sometimes make their own plans. This Friday they are going to the movies.

Also, the holiday clubs etc. tend to be full of primary school aged children, and my DS does not want to go to the clubs that don't have children his own age.

He usually only surfaces around 12ish, then spends a fair bit of time on the xbox with his friends. I give him a chore to do each day so that he is not spending all of his time on the xbox - sometimes it gets done, sometimes it doesn't. If it doesn't get done he has to do it the next day with the chore for that day too, and gets banned from all games consoles from the time I get home until he wakes the next day.

Thanks, great post. Similar position and starting to feel less guilty already.