Relationships-Fun Activities to Do With Your Grandchildren, Ages 10-14

Once your grandchildren reach the pre-teen and teenage years, you may start to feel as if they no longer want to spend any time with their Grandparents. And while this is true to an extent. Once most kids reach the ages of ten to fourteen, their primary interests are more focused on spending time with friends their own age, and branching out to doing activities away from the family.

If you've spent a lot of time with your grandchildren as they've been growing up though, you've probably established a very strong bond with them that's special. This strong bond can help, because the grandchildren will feel that spending time with Grandma or Grandpa is usually a lot of fun, so they're more likely to be open to the idea of continuing this relationship.

Even if you do have a close relationship with your grandchildren once they reach the age range of about ten to fourteen though, you may find yourself struggling for ideas of fun activities to do together. Try to select activities that you know are of interest to the child, but also make sure you'll enjoy yourself with them too.

Teenagers are sometimes fickle in their preferences, and they can change their mind on a whim too, but there are some stand by activities that are almost always sure to be fun for them and you alike.

1. Go to the movies. Teenagers like to see new movies, and there always seems to be yet another new one coming out each week. So find out which movies are popular right now, or ask them which movies they've been wanting to see but haven't yet. It's actually important to ask them about the movies they have or haven't seen, because you may find they've already gone to the movies with a friend recently, or they may have no interest in a new one which you recently heard about.

2. Take them out to eat. Almost all teenagers are always ready to eat. Some of them eat constantly, especially if they're very physically active throughout the day. And sometimes just going to a nice restaurant is a rare treat, but other times they'd like to go to the local hamburger or pizza place instead.

3. Go to the Mall. This is an excellent fun activity for most pre-teens and teenagers of both genders. Girls love to go shopping, or at least looking around at all the new fashions in the stores, while boys will enjoy going to see the electronics or games, and going to play in the arcade areas.

4. Go to a sports event. If you have teenage grandchildren who really like sports, they'll have lots of fun if you take them to a special sporting event. Football and baseball games are usually excellent standbys, assuming they like those sports. If they like soccer though, then try to take them to a soccer event. If instead, they're interested in cars, then take them to a monster truck rally or classic car show instead.

Other fun things your teenage grandchildren might enjoy doing with you include going to a music concert – if you like the same music – or going to an amusement park, and even going to batting cages if they like baseball too.