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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here -- Thanks PP.  What do your kids do while you make dinner?  Are they just good at keeping themselves busy?  One of mine is not. So we have from 3:30-8pm afterschool. Even if they're outside for quite a while, that's a lot of time to fill. Their homework takes 5-10 minutes. [/quote]

New poster here.  We do not allow any screentime during the week, at all. . I don't entertain them when I'm not cooking, so I definitely don't need to entertain them when I am cooking,I'm not a clown or The great Zucchini, so they can find something to do.   I often suggest that if they need entertainment to read a book.  Since I do not allow screen during the week, they are really into books. Sometimes I rent audio books at the library, and that sends them into a trance.

I've turned into my mother I tell them that if they are bored, then they are boring.

Our homework does not take 5-10min though.  They have AT LEAST 15min of math, I drill them on their spelling (they get about  30 words a week), and they have a required 20min of reading a day. I also go through our school's classroom website and there is a ton of enrichment on there. Sometimes screen based, which is allowed for that.

I also work, and get home around 445, so I have to cram everything in, not much time left for screen anyways.[/quote]

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