The real question should be: HOW do you traditional school families do it? I have been shuttling the kids all morning and we are still not done and I am EXHAUSTED. We had Evan's karate graduation and then Justin's soccer game and now we're changing clothes to take the younger two to a birthday party and Patrick is out of town and the dog has diarrhea and, and, and... Whew!
On Tuesdays, we have our homeschool co-op followed by karate and gymnastics. That day requires a ton of planning and prep work to make sure that everyone has what they need when they need it and that we all arrive everywhere on time and with our gear. Add that to 3 other weekly activities and I am usually pretty darn tired come Friday. And that is with the ability to sleep when we are tired and do school on a relaxed pace! If we were having to fit all of our activities into 5 hours every night INCLUDING homework and "quality" time? I do believe that I would be having a nervous break down right about now.
My hat's off to you families with two working parents/single parents/kids in public school; I honestly don't know how YOU do it!
Oh yeah.... I forgot I had a homeschool blog!
12 years ago
Exactly. The few days my oldest went to preschool and had to be there at 9:30... just insane. Not to mention the committees, room mom, fundraising, etc. and that was at a 2 day, 3 hour a day, PRESCHOOL. Can't even imagine getting two kids ready for pre-8 am school, then having to do extracurricular stuff, homework, etc.
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