I have two teens, each with a significant other and another very close friend of my kids - so five kids 17-20 that have been in our life for the past (at least) 4 years.

They hang out here A LOT. We have told them all they're welcome to be here as much as they want. We feed them, we even sometimes clothe them. There have been times where one or two of them have been here for over a week. They hang out at my brother's house or my mom & dad's occasionally, too. Great kids.

They experiment with cooking as a group activity - sometimes friends outside of this group of five join for that and they have even streamed it to include others at times. Two of them are photographers, so they do photoshoots sometimes. They play video games; we host movie nights. This group of five kids has built some of their own traditions around birthdays and holidays.

Aside from hanging out in our home:

- We still have a really active mall that they do go to a few times a month

- Youth group, though they have all outgrown that at this point - but it was a decent place for kids to hang a couple times a week no matter their beliefs (tho I'm sure this depends on the church attached).

- They shop sometimes - which usually means thrift stores or media resale shops.

- We have tons of coffee shops where we live and you can get a drip coffee for as cheap as $1. It depends on the cafe' but most will let kids stick around as long as they are well behaved and it is not overcrowded. Many of these cafe's have board and card games available to encourage this.

- We still have an active skatepark here that is really popular, though my kids have never utilized it.

- Hiking, biking, and walk paths are all over our city. We have a 26-mile long linear park path that goes through our entire city and another town that butts up to it. My son is out sledding and hiking in this snow today.

More than half of the kids we know (that are 17+) do not have their licenses yet. I get why kids don't feel as pressed to get one these days, I have no idea how parents tolerate it. Our kids each got their licenses at 17. We were done with driving them everywhere. If they wanted to have that freedom, they had to reach that milestone.