Originally posted by pommiesheila
Maybe not funny, but true Mash, I`m afraid. Most of the teenagers around here are bored out of their brains as well...

Originally posted by Dudley


So we ranged the hills and mines collecting minerals and bugs, went yabbieing, built model rockets and aeroplanes, kept pidgeons and hawks, cycled to the sea for fishing and shiaking, built galvanised iron canoes, went to the rifle range to colect lead to make fun stuff (including some unpassable two bob bits), made pottery and kites, read all sorts of stuff, and I've just started.

We also drove tractors from the age of 4 ploughing (I can still see my brother getting on the school bus), shake out the seed wheat bags for pocket money, drove the sheep along the roads to keep the grass down, mowed hay, harvested the crop, helped mules the lambs, much out the chook and shearing sheds, sweep the shearing shed floor and skirt the fleeces, help bale the wool and load it on the truck, feed the sheep in summer, mow and water the orchard, pick the fruit and help bottle it, and so on.

So if your kids are bored, is it because they have too much too easily at hand?

Originally posted by Scoops


My teenage kids, Luke 14 and Alysha 12, are a little apprehensive of moving as you would expect.

Does anyone have kids of a similar age who have moved or are in the process and could forward their thoughts/experiences.

E-mailing others may help put minds at rest.

Thanks,

Scoops

Originally posted by pommiesheila
You sound just like my hubbie - "when we were kids, we`d cycle 10 miles to the river, catch minnows all day, have a great picnic and then cycle 10 miles home again - those were the days"...

Unfortunately, the roads here where we live are just too dangerous to let my two (aged 10 and 8) out on them - too many hoons.

My two are not too bored YET, and yes, I know they`re not teenagers yet either, but I have met loads of teenagers here who do absolutely NOTHING, and are bored out of their tree.