Setbacks

The theme this week in Special Saturday is Setbacks.  I have really had to think about this one as many things run ok for Adam.  In a way we manage his life so that things that go wrong don't affect him.

The one thing that does upset him and leave us dealing with an angry young man (although I'm sure this is fairly typical teenage behaviour) is when his social clubs/activities stop in the holidays.  Every time there is a school holiday many of his activities also stop.  These range from his football, to his dancing class to his youth clubs.  So along with having no college during the daytime he also has nowhere to go on a night.  As he lives for his social life this can make things very difficult.  He will ask regularly where he is going that day and cannot always understand why these clubs have stopped. 

I understand that everyone needs a holiday, however I think many of these clubs should still be run during the holidays.  As many of our children and young people like routine the fact that these clubs are off at the same time as school/college can be quite a lot of changes to deal with at one time. 

I wonder what everyone else thinks about this?