Why do the sports teams have to have such late practices
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Anonymous
| We just got our 1st graders baseball schedule and it is meeting on a weeknight until 8:00pm. Which means that after driving home, snack, and bath that he won't be in bed until 9:00 at best. Don't they know these kids need to be up for school? So annoyed. |
Anonymous
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One night week he will be fine. later is better, we had 6-730 and that was a pain. I'd rather later so homework, dinner, chill time can all be completed.
Why does he need a snack after practice? |
Anonymous
Um, maybe because the coach is a volunteer who actually has to work for a living. They can only apply for so many fields and have to get what you get. Instead of complaining here, why don't you start your own soccer team so they go by your rules. |
Anonymous
| It probably has to do with space availability. If your son can't function well going to bed at 9pm then you should skip it this year. |
Anonymous
| I am going to assume that the coach has to work. And wanted to give people a chance to eat dinner following work. When I coached high school, I had to work until 5pm. I started practice at 5:30 through 7:30pm. I had parents calling me and complaining that it was dinner time. |
Anonymous
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I know, it's insane. Some kids can handle it, some (like mine) cannot. |
Anonymous
| I'm with you OP. We chose not to do basketball this year for our first grader because I'm just not OK with him being out and up that late. |
Anonymous
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How far away are the baseball fields from where you live? They are 5 minutes from our house. Practice over at 8, get packed up and drive home, arrive 8:10. Quick shower before anything else done at 8:17. Eat a snack, done at 8:30 and in bed listening to a story.
I work until 5 and then need to go pick up my kids at aftercare center then take them to their activity. I prefer practices start at or after 6. |
Anonymous
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If it makes you feel better, we have had earlier practices and they make dinner and homework hard to do, so the kid is up late anyways. Sports seems to mean, up late one night of the week.
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Anonymous
| Offer to coach a team. Then you can schedule practice when you want to. |
Anonymous
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Because not everyone has a stay at home.mom.(or dad) and most volunteer coaches have day jobs.
--signed, a SAHM who is cool with later practices if that means I don't have to coach a sports team. |
Anonymous
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--volunteer coaches have day jobs
--gyms are not available until later in the evening because schools have after-school activities earlier in the evening. |
Anonymous
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My kids never did sports when they were young because we found the practices were occurring while we were still at work (maybe 4 or 4:30). Not really worth quitting a job over, especially since I apparently have the only children in the region who don't care about team sports. Just figured it was for kids with nannies/SAHMs only.
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Anonymous
what bout now? |
Anonymous
| I'm with you OP, my child goes to bed at 7:30 and gets up at 6:00am. |