I read a lot of posts about babies and children under the age of 10, but there seems to be very little information out there for those of us who have teenagers.

I’m not really sure what kind of info I am looking for, but my teenagers tend to only want to play video games yet they get bored with them. My 15 yo seems to feel that something is missing, yet he doesn’t seem interested in taking any kind of classes or sports, even for fun. I think he feels that he wants to be learning more advanced “stuff”, but I’m not sure how to go about finding opportunities for him to learn at this age without doing “school-at-home”. He is interested in science, cars, and loves hard physical labor (gets that from his Dad, not me). My 13 yo gets bored with the games but still seems content to play with his k’nex and read or just hang out with Mom, so it’s mostly my 15 (almost 16) yo that I need suggestions for.

We’ve been unschooling for 4 years now and before that we had done some very relaxed homeschooling.

I know some unschoolers who seem to be motivated to find activities that they are interested in, but mine don’t seem to have that motivation. Also, our funds are very limited to do ongoing classes and such.

Maybe someone with teens could offer some suggestions as to how they have helped them find things to do and ways to continue learning.