What did you do when teenagers no longer want to camp?
13 & 16 year old. I know it is coming. I can see the signs. Therapy needed & quick.
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Zacky,
Ah...I suspect a Kobyashi Maru scenario.... no win options.
What works for us won't necessarily work for you. We have had
some experience with your dilemma...some things work , others
never did.
- don't buy into anything that smells of "poor parenting" blame.
- restrictions on electronics are counterproductive, a different
generation.
- taking the "right" friends is the single best option.
- nothing worse then a weekend with a sullied up teenager, we would
rather cancel then go thru that...
- spending a weekend with a teenager hunkered down in the 5ver/TT/
MH may be a better option then home alone scenarios.
- our oldest (now in the Army) is one that benefitted from his own
pup tent out in back of the rig... our now 15 y/o is the Ipod/Ipad/
Iphone ear buds in 24 / 7 type... but does like to pick out and lead
family hikes... understanding the personality differences will
help make for more enjoyable trips.
- during the peak of adolescence ...we found success in limiting our
trip length...shorter unhappy trumps longer miserable.
.... as Mom would like to quote... "this too shall pass".
Good luck . Just escorting them successfully thru adolescence is a
victory.
Charles
ps.... make more s'mores... teenage manna from heaven.
Ah...I suspect a Kobyashi Maru scenario.... no win options.
What works for us won't necessarily work for you. We have had
some experience with your dilemma...some things work , others
never did.
- don't buy into anything that smells of "poor parenting" blame.
- restrictions on electronics are counterproductive, a different
generation.
- taking the "right" friends is the single best option.
- nothing worse then a weekend with a sullied up teenager, we would
rather cancel then go thru that...
- spending a weekend with a teenager hunkered down in the 5ver/TT/
MH may be a better option then home alone scenarios.
- our oldest (now in the Army) is one that benefitted from his own
pup tent out in back of the rig... our now 15 y/o is the Ipod/Ipad/
Iphone ear buds in 24 / 7 type... but does like to pick out and lead
family hikes... understanding the personality differences will
help make for more enjoyable trips.
- during the peak of adolescence ...we found success in limiting our
trip length...shorter unhappy trumps longer miserable.
.... as Mom would like to quote... "this too shall pass".
Good luck . Just escorting them successfully thru adolescence is a
victory.
Charles
ps.... make more s'mores... teenage manna from heaven.
