Any ideas of what to do with tweens/teens to hang out at home?
So, I have a soon to be 10 and 13 year old. Since I am single when they were younger, we had to do a lot of errands on the weekend. This is still true, but somehow I feel we could have more downtime at home these days. I am looking for ideas of non-screen time things we can do together at home..and preferably things where I don't have to buy specific things each time we do it (like in the case of baking or crafts..I dont want to have to plan and/or spend money specifically on the activities on a regular basis, although I know I may need to buy something initially). They always want to go places on the weekends. I think we could use some at home relax time, at least in the winter--it is different when the weather is nice. Neither kid really reads for pleasure, so not really an option there.
Are their board games your tween/teen likes? They are willing to do this, and even ask for this--I just know they have lost interest in anything we already have.
What else to you do to just hang out/relax with your tween/teens that does not involve screen time. FWIW, its not that we are fighting over screen time, just having a hard time coming up with what to do.
lucky single mom to 20 yr old dd and 17 yr old ds through 2 very different adoption routes