Teenagers - A support thread (1 Viewer)

[QUEZILLA]

My kid is 13 now. I'm jealous online gaming wasn't available when I was younger.

Funny you bring this up. My youngest is 18, has been online gaming since he could (of course parental supervision when he was younger along with channel restrictions, etc.). He is leaving tomorrow to fly to Chicago to go to a concert with one of his "online buddies". They have never met, but have been playing online together for years. Of course even though he is 18 mom is a little worried so she has made a connection with his buddy's mom and they are picking up from the airport. Just interesting that when we were that age, we never had those connections.

What do early teen girls do? The boys are absolutely set with gaming. They get competition, social interaction, all while enjoying the comfort of their own home where parents provide all the snacks necessary! He does Muay Thai few days a week, but kids these days don't play outside like we use to. When I was young we had to go outside to socialize and compete. it's 100 degrees currently in my area outside, so I can't say I blame the kids, but hey aren't outside ever.

 

[snellman]

My kid is 13 now. I'm jealous online gaming wasn't available when I was younger.

Funny you bring this up. My youngest is 18, has been online gaming since he could (of course parental supervision when he was younger along with channel restrictions, etc.). He is leaving tomorrow to fly to Chicago to go to a concert with one of his "online buddies". They have never met, but have been playing online together for years. Of course even though he is 18 mom is a little worried so she has made a connection with his buddy's mom and they are picking up from the airport. Just interesting that when we were that age, we never had those connections.

What do early teen girls do? The boys are absolutely set with gaming. They get competition, social interaction, all while enjoying the comfort of their own home where parents provide all the snacks necessary! He does Muay Thai few days a week, but kids these days don't play outside like we use to. When I was young we had to go outside to socialize and compete. it's 100 degrees currently in my area outside, so I can't say I blame the kids, but hey aren't outside ever.

Teen Girls are a lot harder, I can't even imagine what it would be like with a teen daughter now. My daughters are 30 and 29 , so they were teens at the beginning of the smart phone era (none of my older kids were allowed smart phones as long as we were playing for the plan, funny how things change ). I will say, when my youngest was the same age as your child, I would get very frustrated because he wasn't going out side, wasn't going out to find friends, going swimming or doing the things we did. Once he got into high school he was gone a lot more though. He is still home more than when I was his age, (Home was the last place I wanted to be when I was going into my senior year) especially in the Summer, but when band camp starts in 2 weeks, we will see a lot less of him until he graduates.

 

[El Floppo]

My kid is 13 now. I'm jealous online gaming wasn't available when I was younger.

Funny you bring this up. My youngest is 18, has been online gaming since he could (of course parental supervision when he was younger along with channel restrictions, etc.). He is leaving tomorrow to fly to Chicago to go to a concert with one of his "online buddies". They have never met, but have been playing online together for years. Of course even though he is 18 mom is a little worried so she has made a connection with his buddy's mom and they are picking up from the airport. Just interesting that when we were that age, we never had those connections.

What do early teen girls do? The boys are absolutely set with gaming. They get competition, social interaction, all while enjoying the comfort of their own home where parents provide all the snacks necessary! He does Muay Thai few days a week, but kids these days don't play outside like we use to. When I was young we had to go outside to socialize and compete. it's 100 degrees currently in my area outside, so I can't say I blame the kids, but hey aren't outside ever.

Floppinha just turned 14.

She hangs with her friends after school or meets them around town on weekends or summer.

They text, snapchat and facetime from home. No video games. She did roblox? with a couples boys in 5th or 6th grade...but that stopped.

Otherwise theres after school stuff...theater, tennis, etc to socialize.