What does your 4th/5th grader do after school?

[Anonymous]

He immediately goes outside to play.

I'm already dreading daylight savings when it's dark by the time they get off the bus and I have to find 3 hours of indoor activities for him to do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here.

The reason I ask is because we're having trouble get him off screens. I can take them away, but then he'll literally sit on his bed and do nothing but pout at the wall for 3-4 hours. He once kept this up for three weeks until we gave him the TV back. It was ridiculous, but it also wasn't improving things, so...

No developmental issues (we've had him screened!) He's just incredibly stubborn and has learned he can wait us out, I guess.

Ne needs more activities then. He can't deal with unstructured time.

He needs to learn how to deal with unstructured time without screens.

OP here and I agree. But it's not something I struggled with a child, so I'm not sure how to teach it.

Well, you ruined it when you gave in to his temper tantrum and let him have screens back. He needs to be bored to learn to deal with unstructured time, but you rescued him from that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

The reason I ask is because we're having trouble get him off screens. I can take them away, but then he'll literally sit on his bed and do nothing but pout at the wall for 3-4 hours. He once kept this up for three weeks until we gave him the TV back. It was ridiculous, but it also wasn't improving things, so...

No developmental issues (we've had him screened!) He's just incredibly stubborn and has learned he can wait us out, I guess.

Ne needs more activities then. He can't deal with unstructured time.

He needs to learn how to deal with unstructured time without screens.

OP here and I agree. But it's not something I struggled with a child, so I'm not sure how to teach it.

Our DS had a fit when we took his screens away for a few days. It helped that some friends don’t have screen time during weekdays, but the main reason is because he was half-reading and rushing through homework to watch YouTube. We now allow screens during weekdays only as a reward on a day to day basis for responsibly doing his homework.

My DS is temperamental and it was hard but he adjusted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

The reason I ask is because we're having trouble get him off screens. I can take them away, but then he'll literally sit on his bed and do nothing but pout at the wall for 3-4 hours. He once kept this up for three weeks until we gave him the TV back. It was ridiculous, but it also wasn't improving things, so...

No developmental issues (we've had him screened!) He's just incredibly stubborn and has learned he can wait us out, I guess.

Ne needs more activities then. He can't deal with unstructured time.

He needs to learn how to deal with unstructured time without screens.

OP here and I agree. But it's not something I struggled with a child, so I'm not sure how to teach it.

Well, you ruined it when you gave in to his temper tantrum and let him have screens back. He needs to be bored to learn to deal with unstructured time, but you rescued him from that.

I need to work. Sorry that's a foreign concept to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

The reason I ask is because we're having trouble get him off screens. I can take them away, but then he'll literally sit on his bed and do nothing but pout at the wall for 3-4 hours. He once kept this up for three weeks until we gave him the TV back. It was ridiculous, but it also wasn't improving things, so...

No developmental issues (we've had him screened!) He's just incredibly stubborn and has learned he can wait us out, I guess.

Ne needs more activities then. He can't deal with unstructured time.

Ok. What activities can he do at home while I work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

The reason I ask is because we're having trouble get him off screens. I can take them away, but then he'll literally sit on his bed and do nothing but pout at the wall for 3-4 hours. He once kept this up for three weeks until we gave him the TV back. It was ridiculous, but it also wasn't improving things, so...

No developmental issues (we've had him screened!) He's just incredibly stubborn and has learned he can wait us out, I guess.

Ne needs more activities then. He can't deal with unstructured time.

He needs to learn how to deal with unstructured time without screens.

OP here and I agree. But it's not something I struggled with a child, so I'm not sure how to teach it.

Well, you ruined it when you gave in to his temper tantrum and let him have screens back. He needs to be bored to learn to deal with unstructured time, but you rescued him from that.

I need to work. Sorry that's a foreign concept to you.

Was his pouting at the wall keeping you from working?

Ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

My kids don't get iPad time during the week and rarely on weekends, so my 5th grader's typical schedule is:

Finish HW
Watch a tv show (30 mins max)
Play (Barbies, AG, cartwheels/tumbling in the yard or basement, legos, arts and crafts, read a book, whatever strikes her fancy, frequently in conjunction with younger sister)
Dinner
Clean up Dinner
Sport, Activity, Tutoring, or more Play
Shower/Brush Teeth
Reading
Sleep

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

The reason I ask is because we're having trouble get him off screens. I can take them away, but then he'll literally sit on his bed and do nothing but pout at the wall for 3-4 hours. He once kept this up for three weeks until we gave him the TV back. It was ridiculous, but it also wasn't improving things, so...

No developmental issues (we've had him screened!) He's just incredibly stubborn and has learned he can wait us out, I guess.

Ne needs more activities then. He can't deal with unstructured time.

Ok. What activities can he do at home while I work?

Send him to aftercare, drama mama.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

The reason I ask is because we're having trouble get him off screens. I can take them away, but then he'll literally sit on his bed and do nothing but pout at the wall for 3-4 hours. He once kept this up for three weeks until we gave him the TV back. It was ridiculous, but it also wasn't improving things, so...

No developmental issues (we've had him screened!) He's just incredibly stubborn and has learned he can wait us out, I guess.

Ne needs more activities then. He can't deal with unstructured time.

He needs to learn how to deal with unstructured time without screens.

OP here and I agree. But it's not something I struggled with a child, so I'm not sure how to teach it.

Well, you ruined it when you gave in to his temper tantrum and let him have screens back. He needs to be bored to learn to deal with unstructured time, but you rescued him from that.

+1 Good job teaching your child that you're a wuss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

The reason I ask is because we're having trouble get him off screens. I can take them away, but then he'll literally sit on his bed and do nothing but pout at the wall for 3-4 hours. He once kept this up for three weeks until we gave him the TV back. It was ridiculous, but it also wasn't improving things, so...

No developmental issues (we've had him screened!) He's just incredibly stubborn and has learned he can wait us out, I guess.

Interesting how your child is a son in this post was a daughter in your original post. And was addicted to television in this post, but video games in your original post. Which one is it?

[Anonymous]

Soccer, girls on the run, hockey practice, swim practice. Reading, they get screen time until I get home from work which is around 430.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

The reason I ask is because we're having trouble get him off screens. I can take them away, but then he'll literally sit on his bed and do nothing but pout at the wall for 3-4 hours. He once kept this up for three weeks until we gave him the TV back. It was ridiculous, but it also wasn't improving things, so...

No developmental issues (we've had him screened!) He's just incredibly stubborn and has learned he can wait us out, I guess.

Ne needs more activities then. He can't deal with unstructured time.

Ok. What activities can he do at home while I work?

Um, real activities that are drop off so he can get some exercise and stay entertained. He's not going to make mud pies in the back yard. 3-4 hours with nothing to do, no homework, no activities, but sit around the house? Of course he's bored. Or find more homework for him to do.

[Anonymous]

3rd grade but he gets home around 415 and has evening stuff that starts at 530 or 600 4 nights a week, so he eats and plays a bit then we leave.

We have a no screens during the week rule mostly because we just dont have time and i dont want to be constantly taking it away when we need to leave. One
the one day he has no activities he will whine for 1 minute for a screen then when i remind him the rule he either goes outside, plays with legos, reads, or builds forts in the basement. Sometimes he will call hos grandma and chat.

I also work full time, and go in to an office most days. But I set my schedule to be meeting free after 4pm so im able to be at least a little but present when he gets home. Sometimes im still reading or writing emails.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

The reason I ask is because we're having trouble get him off screens. I can take them away, but then he'll literally sit on his bed and do nothing but pout at the wall for 3-4 hours. He once kept this up for three weeks until we gave him the TV back. It was ridiculous, but it also wasn't improving things, so...

No developmental issues (we've had him screened!) He's just incredibly stubborn and has learned he can wait us out, I guess.

Interesting how your child is a son in this post was a daughter in your original post. And was addicted to television in this post, but video games in your original post. Which one is it?

Am I really the only one that caught these inconsistencies in OP's story?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

The reason I ask is because we're having trouble get him off screens. I can take them away, but then he'll literally sit on his bed and do nothing but pout at the wall for 3-4 hours. He once kept this up for three weeks until we gave him the TV back. It was ridiculous, but it also wasn't improving things, so...

No developmental issues (we've had him screened!) He's just incredibly stubborn and has learned he can wait us out, I guess.

Interesting how your child is a son in this post was a daughter in your original post. And was addicted to television in this post, but video games in your original post. Which one is it?

Am I really the only one that caught these inconsistencies in OP's story?

No but sometimes trolls elicit helpful info