| Any parents of young teens about? 09:18 - Apr 10 with 13938 views | artsbossbeard |
Beard Jnr, 14, hasn't left his bedroom for the last three days and mixes his time between playing fortnite 'til the wee hours and then sleeping 'til beyond midday.
None of his mates, apparently, want to go outside and 'play' and he's got no inclination to get out on that bike I got him for Christmas.
Is this the norm now? |  |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:52 - Apr 10 with 3574 views | StuartBrett8 |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:37 - Apr 10 by ColchesterBlue1985 |
Two teenage stepdaughters (13 and 15) and I swear if I walk into the house one more time and see a poxy YouTube video on the tele of a child opening something or other and documenting it I’m going to have heart failure. |
This is why I stopped making YT videos, I can't compete with some kid talking about their day or their views on life :/ |  |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:53 - Apr 10 with 3572 views | factual_blue |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:49 - Apr 10 by artsbossbeard |
We've just had a chat and he's agreed to get dressed and go outside today.
He's got 6x mates who all live in spitting distance BUT they don't want to go out either, they all want to sit on their PS4/Xbox's and play online.
What's wrong with hanging out in the park, grabbing sugary drinks from the shop and kicking a football about. I don't get it. |
He should be learning his Latin irregular verbs. |  |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:54 - Apr 10 with 3567 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:22 - Apr 10 by artsbossbeard |
Yep, he's leaving the house today even if he doesn't want to.
It's not healthy is it? |
If you are thinking of forcing him to go to Portmsn Road this evening he might, with some justification, report you for child abuse. |  |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:56 - Apr 10 with 3559 views | artsbossbeard |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:53 - Apr 10 by factual_blue |
He should be learning his Latin irregular verbs. |
It's difficult to believe, I'd imagine, but my English skills far outweighed my maths skills.
I look at his algebraic maths homework, shrug my shoulders and walk away. | |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:56 - Apr 10 with 3553 views | homer_123 |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:20 - Apr 10 by Lord_Lucan |
He's w4nking you fool. |
For three days straight.....that might not be good for him. |  |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:57 - Apr 10 with 3547 views | homer_123 |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:37 - Apr 10 by ColchesterBlue1985 |
Two teenage stepdaughters (13 and 15) and I swear if I walk into the house one more time and see a poxy YouTube video on the tele of a child opening something or other and documenting it I’m going to have heart failure. |
Oh this - let's watch someone talk about opening a toy....WTF!!!!!!!!! | |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:58 - Apr 10 with 3541 views | artsbossbeard |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:54 - Apr 10 by Pinewoodblue |
If you are thinking of forcing him to go to Portmsn Road this evening he might, with some justification, report you for child abuse. |
I think I'm fine.
He wants to do Reading away too. | |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:01 - Apr 10 with 3533 views | Currie10 |
Yep seems pretty much the way they've gone these days.
We have a park up my road - sure, growing up we played Snes / N64 / PS1 / dreamcast for hours however we also played footy up there for hours on end too.
Usually get 10-20 people no problem, most nights of the week.
The past 15 years, the park has been hardly used for footy. Sad times. |  | | |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:04 - Apr 10 with 3524 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:48 - Apr 10 by Reuser_is_God |
I’m not playing it. |
Thought that would be right up your street to be honest! |  |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:04 - Apr 10 with 3520 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:04 - Apr 10 by Kieran_Knows |
Thought that would be right up your street to be honest! |
Don’t even know what it is. |  |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:05 - Apr 10 with 3515 views | Burwell_Blue |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:37 - Apr 10 by ColchesterBlue1985 |
Two teenage stepdaughters (13 and 15) and I swear if I walk into the house one more time and see a poxy YouTube video on the tele of a child opening something or other and documenting it I’m going to have heart failure. |
Are they watching the Sidemen?
I got talked into getting tickets at The Valley to watch the Sidemen v YouTube Allstars. |  | | |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:07 - Apr 10 with 3503 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:04 - Apr 10 by Reuser_is_God |
Don’t even know what it is. |
Me neither to be fair. I'll just stick to Football Manager when I get the odd hour here and there. | |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:19 - Apr 10 with 3465 views | floridaboy |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:49 - Apr 10 by artsbossbeard |
We've just had a chat and he's agreed to get dressed and go outside today.
He's got 6x mates who all live in spitting distance BUT they don't want to go out either, they all want to sit on their PS4/Xbox's and play online.
What's wrong with hanging out in the park, grabbing sugary drinks from the shop and kicking a football about. I don't get it. |
Dont get it. When we were kids we got up and went straight over the park to play football all day. Coats as goalposts. Or cricket when the cricket season was on.
We only went home when we got hungry or the park keeper chased us off!!
And then there were girls!!!!!! |  | | |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:21 - Apr 10 with 3459 views | artsbossbeard |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:19 - Apr 10 by floridaboy |
Dont get it. When we were kids we got up and went straight over the park to play football all day. Coats as goalposts. Or cricket when the cricket season was on.
We only went home when we got hungry or the park keeper chased us off!!
And then there were girls!!!!!! |
I simply lived over Holywells Park as a kid.
Biked down there from the 'hood, played footy, sat around, had an ice cream and got rejected by girls on most occasions. | |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:25 - Apr 10 with 3443 views | judespiveyg |
As a teenager myself(16) It's certainly not unheard of, I don't play that game myself, but most of my mates spend hours on it. What is a bit strange is not going outside with them, me and my mates play a lot of football up at fram sports club, and I've managed to convince a couple of them to come to the villa game. |  |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:25 - Apr 10 with 3439 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:45 - Apr 10 by Swansea_Blue |
No it's not. Our is only 10 but he's strictly limited to game time despite his friends seemingly being on all the time (we also don't let him play Fortnite or any other shooting games, but he's obviously much younger). An hour at a time max, not on consecutive days and nothing after tea. We often have no screen days (for everyone) - it's amazing how much other stuff you can get done.
It's hell of a battle though - these things are seriously addictive (obviously) and he doesn't seem able to entertain himself like we could when we were younger. |
Of course the ironic thing is that ABB at approaching 50 years old still has his own games room in the house and spends every hour that God sends in it.
You really couldn't make it up. |  |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:26 - Apr 10 with 3432 views | artsbossbeard |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:25 - Apr 10 by Lord_Lucan |
Of course the ironic thing is that ABB at approaching 50 years old still has his own games room in the house and spends every hour that God sends in it.
You really couldn't make it up. |
Woah! Not every hour. | |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:38 - Apr 10 with 3406 views | Sarge |
I've had people in my class playing it as I'm trying to deliver the lesson. It's very annoying, especially because I've played it and imo it's one of the sh1ttest games I've ever played. | | | |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:43 - Apr 10 with 3388 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:37 - Apr 10 by ColchesterBlue1985 |
Two teenage stepdaughters (13 and 15) and I swear if I walk into the house one more time and see a poxy YouTube video on the tele of a child opening something or other and documenting it I’m going to have heart failure. |
it's not just my boy then, watching videos of other people playing minecraft, I mean wtf! either play it yourself or do something! |  |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:48 - Apr 10 with 3376 views | Ftnfwest |
sadly yes. Ftnf jnr similar although he's now 17. Doesnt stay up late though and i manage to snap him out of it by dragging him to FPR occasionally. His mates are all Luton fans so hes always out socialising with them and going to some of the games (still a town fan though!) |  | | |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:50 - Apr 10 with 3367 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:43 - Apr 10 by FrimleyBlue |
it's not just my boy then, watching videos of other people playing minecraft, I mean wtf! either play it yourself or do something! |
Fully grown adult I work with watches YouTube videos of people playing F1 games! | |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:51 - Apr 10 with 3360 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:50 - Apr 10 by Reuser_is_God |
Fully grown adult I work with watches YouTube videos of people playing F1 games! |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:52 - Apr 10 with 3362 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 10:50 - Apr 10 by Reuser_is_God |
Fully grown adult I work with watches YouTube videos of people playing F1 games! |
What a time to be alive. | |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 11:00 - Apr 10 with 3342 views | J2BLUE |
| Any parents of young teens about? on 09:37 - Apr 10 by ColchesterBlue1985 |
Two teenage stepdaughters (13 and 15) and I swear if I walk into the house one more time and see a poxy YouTube video on the tele of a child opening something or other and documenting it I’m going to have heart failure. |
Those unboxing videos are stupid but there's something interesting about them. I often find myself watching some random unbox their MyProtein order and then think why the hell did I watch that entire video? |  |
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| Any parents of young teens about? on 11:06 - Apr 10 with 3318 views | HurleyBurley |
Some very funny comments in this thread. That said it's a key moment in a boy's life and he might need some sort of careful fatherly intervention.
https://boysunderattack.com
It's a nice site for dad's with young kids. Direct him (if he needs it) to the first item in "Essentials". |  |
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