Perhaps busying them with a #hobby *they like* will fill the hours of day? Hobbies are 'making things' compared to past-times. Hobbies can fill time after school, weekends, school holidays, a lifetime =>

https://player.odycdn.com/v6/streams/7c818aec396ee178beaae2b379671a4afa9c5564/195792.mp4

https://odysee.com/@joshuabardwell:1/i-put-myself-inside-this-rc-crawler-with:7