Classes schedule conflict
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Anonymous
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My kids are getting older, and they want to take some classes.
My son's sport schedule is the most frustrating , and I sign up not knowing when the weekly practice and weekend game is until a week before season starts. I will try my best to accomondate during the weekday for practice, and I don't want him to miss weekend game. It says it coukd be anytime from 9am to 4pm on saturdays...... I try to sign up swim class on Sunday. My other younger daughter is forced to choose to sign up classes on Sunday. She wants to do dance class, but dance class on happens on Saturday morning. Dh has a weekly sport practice with adults every Saturday morning. I also want yo take a class on Sunday for myself as hobby but it is either sat or sun morning.....uhhh. ... not really helpful. If you have kid(s) in sport for recreation (not team), how do you make it work with unknown schedule upon signup? I want to be fair but it is difficult |
Anonymous
| Haven't you posted about this before? Sorry but it's just the way it is. Parent "classes" come last after you get the practice/game schedules. DH needs to take one kid and you take the other. Also, try to carpool with fellow teammates. |
Anonymous
| If your DH isn't willing to change his activity to make it so DD can do hers (can't he find one that meets during a week night?) then you hire a kid schleper or car pool with other families. there's no magic answer here, but I think its pretty lame to make your daughter sacrifice regularly for your DS and DH versus solving it so both kids can do the activity they want |
Anonymous
| We worked our schedules around theirs. |
Anonymous
This. We have 2DDs, and we work our schedules around theirs. If they have conflicting activities, we each take a child. Having both your DD and yourself have to sacrifice to support your DS and DH’s preferred activities strikes me as a bit misogynistic, as well. |
Anonymous
| Dh and I didn't take fun classes/participate in group sports when our kids were at that stage. Being a parent is often about sacrificing your own "wants" in favor of what's best for your children. |
Anonymous
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Are they at the same time? We drop off one with the other in the car. Drive to the other class and drop off second. Go back and pick up first and grab lunch / bring something to snack on in the car. Go back and get the second and then go home.
I hate driving that much (two hours in the car but things are like 10 miles away from our house), but that what it is. |
Anonymous
Our kids needs/activities come first. Can you do your class another day? Same with your husband? Hire someone to take the kids? |
Anonymous
| What sport is your DS in that you sign up not knowing when practices and games will be? That's odd. |
Anonymous
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Divide and conquer and no adults’ activities on weekends. Also, we don’t do activities tht don’t have set time. We did baseball once and it was a pain. With 3 kids (two older girls and one young boy) we can’t not know when the game will be.
I understand that my son might like soccer or baseball and we might have to reconsider in a few years. |
Anonymous
DP- this is super common with baseball, soccer and basketball. You sign up months in advance when they don’t know the field / court availability yet. |
Anonymous
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Op here. We have been driving them around for kid activities as priority. I may have overscheduled them, but they love classes.
I am too busy to take classes on weeknights and they don't offer anyways. DH's saturday morning sport meetup is his only exercise & social time for the week since his work changee into remote. Both kids have other classes signup on Sunday mornings, and DH/I each will drive one kid because they are around the same time. For safety & age reason, i believe it is required to have a parent stay there the whole time. I used to take in person fun class when I was single. I have not had a girl hangout dates for years, and at most I would do are mom hangout playdates with kids to pumpkin patch/museum/home parties. I don't understand how some parents can take fun classes in person. Nothing is available on weekdays after kids go to bed, and I know those adult classes are for 18+ only, so no kids are allowed. |
Anonymous
The other parent handles it solo or they get a sitter. There are a lot of adult classes that start at 7 or 8pm (I’m personally too tired for it but I see how it’s feasible for people) |
Anonymous
This is every rec team sport. They don't get the permits from the county until right before the season starts, and they are often scrambling Last minute for coaches. If you or your DH volunteer to coach your son's sport, you would have more Control over the schedule. |
Anonymous
Yep, 100% here. The only way to have any control over the schedule is to be a coach. |