Hi everyone
I’m looking for after school and summer activities for my 13 yr old daughter who hasn’t seemed to find her groove.
She has ADHD and an IEP. She is doing alright in school but hates it with a passion. She struggles with self esteem despite us parents always giving her positive feedback. She is also going through that jr. high phase and is struggling a lot with her friend group (girl drama).
We have tried numerous after school activities and she ends up not liking or gets bored of them. She is not a team sports person but enjoys individual sports like rock climbing, biking, swimming, gymnastics, rollerblading, etc. she has done classes in many of these things and ends up getting bored. she does not want to be on a team for any of these sports. She is also creative and used to love to draw, but doesn’t anymore.
She comes home from school and just wants to get on the screen or TV and play video games or look at Tik Tok BS. It’s a constant battle. Yes, we limit/ monitor it . It’s just that she is constantly bugging us for it she’s off. We don’t give in , but it is exhausting. She needs to fill her time with more positive activities but we are stumped at this point as to what.
We think if she could find something she enjoys that would help her in so many ways.
We live in Petaluma and find most activities around here revolve around team sports.
Please be kind.
If you don’t have something positive to say then please move on. I have enough stress in my life already.
Thanks 🙏
Edited for many typos