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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 286294" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I'm glad to hear he's trying and that he goes to the gym with you. I agree that he'll start shooting up at any time now.</p><p></p><p>As far as activities, we had started a brainstorming list that difficult child or I either one could add to. If difficult child mentioned that he wished he knew how to play tennis, tennis lessons went on the list, for example. I added affordable things I saw going on at the YMCA or our local parks & rec. Then periodically, I would tell difficult child that he had to pick something for summer, or whatever, from the list. The idea behind this was that it went over much smoother with him than just telling him that he had to get involved in something and him automatically saying he didn't want to. Actually, people here contribute to the ideas!</p><p></p><p>I noticed our YMCA had one day camp specifically for middle schoolers and they did field trips almost every day instead of the typical camp activities that most the kids were getting tired of. The advaantage of this was that difficult child stayed excited about the theme park, visit to the beach, whatever, and never thought about how much walking and other physical activity he was really participating in! LOL!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 286294, member: 3699"] I'm glad to hear he's trying and that he goes to the gym with you. I agree that he'll start shooting up at any time now. As far as activities, we had started a brainstorming list that difficult child or I either one could add to. If difficult child mentioned that he wished he knew how to play tennis, tennis lessons went on the list, for example. I added affordable things I saw going on at the YMCA or our local parks & rec. Then periodically, I would tell difficult child that he had to pick something for summer, or whatever, from the list. The idea behind this was that it went over much smoother with him than just telling him that he had to get involved in something and him automatically saying he didn't want to. Actually, people here contribute to the ideas! I noticed our YMCA had one day camp specifically for middle schoolers and they did field trips almost every day instead of the typical camp activities that most the kids were getting tired of. The advaantage of this was that difficult child stayed excited about the theme park, visit to the beach, whatever, and never thought about how much walking and other physical activity he was really participating in! LOL! [/QUOTE]
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