Oldest is now in 9th - I not ready for the late nights!
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I am not really complaining - just saying I wasn't ready for this!
My kids are 14, 11, and 8 - and I practically feel like I am only now just catching up on sleep from the baby stage! And now all of a sudden I am having to stay up late to pick my new high school up from activities, etc.! No rest for the weary 
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Anonymous
| Just wait until they leave for college and you lay awake wondering what the hell they are doing. I am exhausted. |
Anonymous
| Op, my kids are the same age and I agree, everything is so late now!! Even my 11yo has activities til 8 some nights. We live in the city and my eldest goes most places solo but not super late at night. |
Anonymous
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Yep.
8th grader has practice until 9:35pm, then is exhausted the next day. College freshman is NOT THERE. And often ignores texts! Sigh. Parenting. |
Anonymous
Let them be |
Anonymous
| It’s awful. 10th and 7th grade here. No adult time at all. |
Anonymous
| I’m with you. And then the mornings start earlier because high school times suck. There is no down time. |
Anonymous
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Mine don't get home from practice until between 8:30-9:45 pm depending on the day. They don't start school until 9:30 am so they are always asleep when I leave for work. I feel like I only get to see them for 30-45 minutes each night before I can't keep my eyes open and have to head to bed.
We try to keep Sundays as family days but it gets harder and harder as they get older... projects, study groups, practices, games, work... sigh. |
Anonymous
that isn't normal |
Anonymous
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LOL Yeah - I always read the posts about babies and preK parents and chuckle. I never knew how much HARDER it was when they grew up! Mine are MS and hot damn, I spend 30 min every morning doing something related to them whether it's about school stuff, emails, appt, activities, etc. The carpools for sports, the weekend activities, the worries about college...whoosh! And forget about going to sleep at 8p and the weekends - ugh - my bedtime seems to be way before theirs I never knew the mental challenges and work that is exhausting coupled with the actual hours they are up because the whole 12 hours of sleep as a baby was awesome!
I find it interesting that so many people talk about staying out of the workforce when kids are really young only to return once they hit school age. But you know once they hit that end of MS/beginning of HS ages, it kinda starts all over again in terms of really wanting to be there for your kids emotionally and mentally. You hope you did well in laying the foundation but whether they may have developed learning disabilities or something emotionally even hormonally impacting them, it really isn't just a straight line of less time and energy spent on a kid as they get older. It is easier in that we can do more as a family together but I don't think it's as easy as I thought it would be when they were 5! Hah! |
Anonymous
| Yes, the high school years were the absolute hardest for me as far as time management between work and kids. |
Anonymous
Adult time? I just want sleep. Mine are the same ages. I feel like I’m always driving and we carpool a lot. The late night practices are killers. It feels like we get out of work and race to drive for the next several hours. And the damn middle school FCPS 6:30 bus. I want to quit my job and stay home more than when they were little but sometimes lunch, like now, is the only peaceful alone time I get. It’s quiet for a little while at my desk. |
Anonymous
| ^as you can see, I’m posting and eating lunch at 11:41 because I’m also now up before 6am starting the day. |
Anonymous
Please tell me you are kidding. Have you tried anxiety medication? |
Anonymous
Time management was fine...but it was hard to find time to have sex with DH because the kids were always awake! We had to act like spies trying to be as quiet as possible. Glad that everyone is in college now! |