My grownup son is gaming all day and lives on takeaways

This is a list of key vocabulary and expressions from the article in order of how useful they are. The student must choose 6 items from the list to study in the lesson.

To avoid (someone/ (doing) something)

It’s your fault

Apart from (something/ someone)

To suffer

To blame (someone/ something)

An achievement

‘If you met on neutral ground, you would find it easier to relate’

To be addicted (to something)

A sibling

To run out (of something)

To wonder

To inherit (something)

To get someone to do something

To abandon (something/ someone)

To be dying (for something/ to do something)

To tweak (something)

Urge

Courage

To snap out of it

Thus

To appear to

To be crippled (by something)

To better off

To desert (someone)

To hold down a job

15 conversation-provoking questions related to the article.

1.       How did the mother describe her problem?

2.       What was Philippa’s advice?

3.       Do you agree with Philippa’s advice?

4.       Do you think that going to university will help this young man?

5.       Do you think that cannabis is at the root of all of the problems this family has?

6.       Would you tell your children that it is wrong to ever try cannabis?

7.       Do video games make children’s lives better?

8.       If you live alone, does it matter if your house is untidy?

9.       Is ‘living on takeaways’ a bad thing?

10.     Did/ do your parents nag you all the time?

11.     Have you ever lived alone? Would you like to?

12.     Have you ever helped a friend who was going through a bad patch?

13.     Does your fear of failure ever hold you back?

14.     Have you ever been fired? Do you know anyone who has been fired?

15.     What challenges do you think the younger generations are facing?