Half term finished. One teenage son back to college for the summer term, the other at home for the summer having finished his first year at university.
What do you do with teenage sons? They don’t want to do anything or go anywhere with their parents, which is fine, I get that, I was the same. But, they don’t seem to want to do anything at all other than stay in and play on a games console, in their case an Xbox. Th e youngest, 16 (almost 17) is the worst, only comes out of his room to shower, which can be 2 or 3 times a day. At least the older one (19) will go to the gym or out on his bike. He has been meeting friends.
This another of those ‘How things have changed’ times. When we were their age we were out on bikes, kicking a ball about in the fields or just sitting out side talking and messing about (safely and without bothering the elderly neighbours). I was working and playing football 2 or 3 times a weekend. Training in mid-week and had a girlfriend. Me and my friends were out in the town at the weekends, in particular Friday nights, Saturday recovering in time to play for the local pub team on Saturday afternoon. Nights out finished around 11pm, occasionally 1am if we decided to go to the nightclub. Nowadays they don’t go out until 11pm, staying out until 3 or 4 in the morning. It’s no wonder they want to sleep or stay in their room all the next day.
Here’s looking forward to the next college holidays. At least they have agreed to come on holiday with us.
Man on a bike. 