Mom described all the cousins spending summers at her parents' 100 acre ranch with endless opportunities for adventure, then going back to their urban homes, as like 'pouring milk back into a bottle'.
I also spent time at my other grandparents' place, the inherited orchard I own now. I learned roofing, carpentry, plumbing, wiring, etc etc helping keep up this ancient and simple house. Also tractor driving, working for a neighbor in harvest season.
Kids today seldom have these learning opportunities. Put that kid on a backhoe or something where he can apply his game-controller expertise to the real world.
But don't under-estimate the risk to someone who has no safety instinct at all. I've had a guest fall off a harvest ladder from reaching too far, luckily only 2.5 ft from the ground. And someone who wanted to impress me describing his friend's full size chainsaw - who was grossly incompetent with the 12 inch Ryobi battery saw. Or who jackknifed and bent the tongue on my trailer trying to back it. Not everybody has the instincts we take for granted.