Are you letting your teens go out and about

tscul32

TheValeyard wrote: »

I think back to when I was a teenager, would have been great to been told to stay inside and play games! Load up some Half Life or Civ and play away away.

That's my teen. No problem keeping him in. Getting him to move is the only difficulty.

Rows Grower

tscul32 wrote: »

That's my teen. No problem keeping him in. Getting him to move is the only difficulty.

I've got his clone.

TheValeyard

tscul32 wrote: »

That's my teen. No problem keeping him in. Getting him to move is the only difficulty.

I recommend tasty snacks. You're teen will find themselves in the kitchen very quickly.

In case of emergency turn off the router and your teen will be literally standing right behind you.

piplip87

No not going with friends they have plenty of apps to keep in touch with. We do go for a 5K family walk with the dogs every day. Luckily enough we've plenty of fields and Forrest's around here to keep distanced.

It's great.my lad has got into gaming again so my Xbox has come in handy for him. It's great to as I am work from home so that's one less temptation for me.

As for the 8 year old holy God keeping him occupied is a nightmare. Well that's another story

little bess

My teen is not going out with friends and hasn’t since the schools closed. I feel bad for her but hey what can you do, we all have our bit to do!

ThewhiteJesus

Children do not always do as they’re told.

Fleetwoodmac

None of mine ( mid teens) going out. I took them out of school a week before schools shut. They've been surprisingly good despite them seeing friends posting their socialising adventures on Snapchat etc. The thing they are missing most is sport so lots of pent up energy. Beyond me how parents are ok with their kids hanging around and then possibly bringing it back to parents and younger siblings. Hearing about groups of teenagers pretending to cough or sneeze on elderly ( don't know if this is true) is heart breaking.

SusanC10

No - I collected our 13 year old son from school the day they closed and brought him home. He has not left since.

ILoveYourVibes

I think until they get into the habit of social distancing they should ONLY go to social distancing events that are supervised like we saw in rings end etc.

Deebles McBeebles

Deleted User wrote: »

Given way,so many in media and social media sneer at kids/young people in general...and use age as a reason to insult/dismiss em...have you ever heard any media person use milenial/generation z in a positive context??


..kinda hard to expect.them to just,do as media expects now??

Oh ffs. No doubt that was typed while you're enjoying a few pints down the local. Its nothing to do with the media, its common sense and parents who don't make sure there kids comply should be jailed when this is over.

freshpopcorn

I work in town and they aren't many teens around now to be fair apart from a few.

There are some siblings who might go out for a walk but they aren't in shops.(This is acceptable to some and not to others.).

I do know of one mother who's all about social isolating and how she's a strict mother and her kids are inside, etc. The funny things is they are the one's who sneaking out behind her back.

Rufeo

TheValeyard wrote: »

I think back to when I was a teenager, would have been great to been told to stay inside and play games! Load up some Half Life or Civ and play away away.

Absolutely, get em into Half Life, they won't want to ever go out again.

jrosen

I haven't seen teens out, mostly adults with the their kids who are not adhering to advice. There was a couple in aldi the other day with both their kids, kids who were running about having lots of fun.
There will always be idiots

Beasty

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