Yeah. Sorry. Not sure how you'd manage him in a group.

That, er, might be my kid (context specific). He works best when the work you give him is challenging and important and is at his worst when the work is boring and pointless.
Doing grade one piano has transformed piano lessons because the pieces are hard and he really doesn't want to fail.

For me that shift happened a few years pre-COVID when I had kids. It's such a pain when babies get sick, and so common, it's polite to warn people. And everyone's mileage varies!

Might be book bags. Or water bottles.

I feel like comics are fulfilling different functions for my two kids. For the elder, it's a place where literature is still funny (he loves humour). For the younger, it allows him to get the physical experience of 'reading' without the reading. (He also loves audiobooks for the same reason.)

I have two kids. One's a huge reader with great stamina. (He's in Year Six and has read Hitchhikers Guide). He also loves comics. The other is likely dyslexic and currently reading at Year One level. He likes comics because he can 'read' a book without having to read the words.

That was me and aren't they great? RIP your bank balance though.

Today's fun fact: the population of London is bigger than the population of Scotland and Wales combined.

Can recommend, they are good at their job. They found me good jeans last time I tried, though this was a few years ago.

Honestly, book a jeans fitting personal shopper appointment at John Lewis. It's free and they have a whole range to try on. Plus you get to feel fancy.

My seven year old wants a Nintendo Switch, Guinea pigs and a banana.

Oh my actual God.
I would ignore and not give them the oxygen, personally.

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I try and read every day. It makes me feel better about everything. I've been reading an advance copy of After Darcy (also by Joanna Nadin) and it's been making me so happy.
Anyway.

In lockdown, reading was one of the ways I deliberately tried to keep myself sane. I was looking after two small kids, trying to work full time alongside it. I noticed that scrolling made me more depressed but reading cheered me up. I felt better after reading - I could literally feel it.

My husband is reading him The Jolly Rodgers chapter book, we've just finished rereading The Adventuremice Mermouse Adventure and are about to dive into Joanna Nadin's The Worst Show Ever.

But reading aloud is a great way to introduce him to books he might find a boy challenging on his own. My husband is reading him The Eagle of the Ninth and I'm still reading Wyrd Sisters.
My youngest is probably dyslexic but he loves books (just not reading them himself).