It's the first day of his holidays today and he has to be the only kid in the world who is in tears over it He is overwhelmed by the idea of all those weeks leisure time.
He is the first to admit that he can never think of ideas to entertain himself. This issue is that I work at home and there will be some days/mornings where I simply have to shut myself away and work and can't be on hand to entertain him/think of ideas. This morning he has fiddled around for an hour or so on computer/tablet and then had a meltdown because he is bored. (he's no stranger to computer games, but doesn't enjoy playing them for hours on end)
He has an older brother who is quite happy at home in the holidays (breaks up today) and has no trouble amusing himself. They are a bit at each other's throats at the moment, so unlikely to want to do anything together.
All these suggestions were rejected by him this morning:
- call on a friend/his cousin up the road (no - too shy to be the one to go and call round. I've texted their mums to say please feel free to call on us)
- read (no - he's downloaded a book and 'it's boring')
- do computer animation on my laptop
- music practice (which he actually enjoys usually - I know it sounds deathly ...)
- draw/write/make a cartoon strip/write some music/make something with lego robotics
- skype friends in the next village to see if they want to play on the green there - I will happily take him and drop him there for an hour
- download a film which I will pay for
... all rejected
I will be taking time off to go on days out and short trips away, and my partner will be looking after him on some days, but we have no long holidays planned (who can afford it??)
Is there a good website somewhere with holiday activity ideas that don't require parental involvement?
Help!!