parents of teenagers can you help?

[siemli]

Parents of teenage children -I need your help here, my lad is 13 (nearly 14): and is obviously coming out with us in the first 3 weeks of august.
He gets terribly bored sitting at the restaurants, bars and pools with us and I was wondering if you could persuade your child to join the forum so he could meet other children in the same position and maybe be able to meet up.
I have joined him to the children's forum on here but the majority of the posts on there are from 2010.
There must be other parents with bored teenagers please help

[duffyinthesun]

He probally gets bored because he doesnt have his mobile phone or internet access, hows about trying to teach him some good old fashioned conversational skills, I have two teenage Daughters 13 and 15 whom i can take anywhere, they allways mix in to current conversation and have their opionion, they wouldnt dare say they were bored on holiday

[snowdrops]

Think having 2 teenage daughters at least means they have someone similar to their own age to talk to and to give them the confidence to join with others duffy, being an only young'un quite different. I remember it from when I went with my parents.  This seems like a lovely forum siemli and hopefully someone may be able to help you to 'link him up' with a similar aged lad or two   )

[ccygirl]

Hi.I totally sympathise with you, I also have 2 teenage girls who get very bored and miserable on holiday. You would think I was torturing them! Although they are bored they wouldn't dream of talking to someone or trying to make friends. This year I have resolved myself to just ignore them as they are not old enough to be left home alone.

[siemli]

duffy my son has no mobile access at home so i doubt that's the issue (my son reads for hours)but thanks for your erm helpful response.
and as snowdrops says (thankyou) your girls have each other-i had 3 years between my sister and i and we had endless amounts of fun together.
he doesn't want to sit and talk to to his parents (he is a teenage boy) and whilst he is very happy (and grateful ) to be taken on holiday he would benefit from some company of children of a similar age.

(and i cant believe i have just had to justify  the reasons why my son would need company! )
ccgirl-he also refuses to talk to a someone out of the blue as it its simply not 'cool'  

[heather07]

Our grandson is 7 and loves to be with us adults but I would still be considering finding somewhere where he would have a chance to see and play with other children on holiday.  

[pookie]

Lots of forum members will be out in August so I'm sure you will soon find someone his age....    We had the same situation, no teenager enjoys spending so much time with their parents !  We approach it a different way.....we always invite a friend along !  that way they have a brilliant time and we aren't bombarded constantly with 'can we go yet' 'I'm bored...' etc !  

Duffy  'how about trying to teach him ......'  I think siemli was very polite in her response there....!!!

Good luck siemli - have a fab holiday.  We are also out for the first three weeks of August so may well bump into you .

[kizkucuk]

Where are you staying Siemli?  My daughter was an only child and quite reluctant to approach new people.   She always did better if we stayed in a hotel rather than apartments.   There were usually other children/teenagers around in the hotel - sometimes she would get me to go and talk to the parents as a way of breaking the ice and getting in with their kids. She made many friends over the years and has kept in touch with most of them....... we have even ended up booking holidays to the same places in subsequent years so that the kids can meet up again.  Hope you have a fantastic holiday.

[siemli]

kizkuck-we have our own apartment (down tinkermans road)so its tricky for him to meet kids in the hotel,we do visit pools obviously but we always seem to miss the families with kids!
pookie-Duffy 'how about trying to teach him ......' I think siemli was very polite in her response there....!!!' -i took a very deep breath before i replied,i love this forum-have been a member for years and have learnt to ignore the ignorance that sometimes pops ups.
I cant wait to get back,its not long now is it?   x

[duffyinthesun]

I think you are confusing ignorance with truth