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Well, when my kids were younger I found that duct tape and a lockable closet worked wonders, but I suppose those kinds of things are frowned upon these days.
My kids are girls and they love to go to Fun Night at Team Attraction Gymnastics in Apex. But I suspect that's more of a girl thing. Are you new to the area? Our date nights all seem to come when my kids are at friends for the evening or overnight. Could you swap with another couple maybe?
Yeah, see if he can spend the night with a friend, and offer to swap so that some other weekend that couple can go out and their child can stay the night at your house. At the very least, he could go over to hang out with a friend for a couple hours and you can swing by and get him on the way home (which you can trade with that couple as well).
I agree see if there is a friend he can visit for a few hours. Are you talking about overnight? If it's just around dinnertime it should be easy enough to arrange at that age, especially if you offer to reciprocate. At this time of year, when it's light out till 8:30, I think he would be fine by himself, though, for a few hours.
Ice-plex has a kids night out that sounds like fun. Many similar places have kids night out -- usually on specific Friday nights.
My parents used to drop us off at the roller skating rink. We were very well behaved, but I'm still guessing management wouldn't have liked knowing there were unattended kids skating there. Or maybe that was the norm then.... don't remember seeing many adults around now that I think about it.
Yeah, doesn't he have a friends he could visit? Otherwise, buy him tickets to a double-feature at the movies? Especially things you wouldn't go to with him.
As others have said, it's light until almost 9 PM; I think at that age, I (no siblings at home) was often by myself until dark. He will probably relish the independence.
12 is a tough age, some kids are mature enough to stay home for a few hours at night, but many aren't quite there yet. If you can't find a friend to ship him off to for a few hours or for a sleepover, I'd get an older sitter. Just tell him that you know he doesn't need to be "babysat", but you still want a responsible adult in the house when it's night time. Is there an older teenage boy or college student in your n'hood you could ask to "hang out" for a few hours?
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