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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some parents want to pick their kids up from school/aftercare, drive them to a supervised activity, shove some food in the kid’s face at some point, bring them home bathe them and put them to bed.

Some parents…don’t want that.[/quote]

Sounds like you have little kids. Get back to us once you have more experience parenting.[/quote]

Nope. I have HS and college kids. But they didn’t have activities 5-7 days a week in elementary school or even middle school. And they certainly weren’t in multiple activities at the same time then. If they decided to try a new sport, they had to wait until their gymnastics sessions was over. And so on. [/quote]

Nice but the question is how to make it work. Your answer is you didn’t even try. Your kids were dabblers.[/quote]

Her kids were bums [/quote]

Or the mom was. My mom was like this, patted herself on the back that she only let her kids do 1 activity at a time. But that’s because she was lazy and wanted to sit around and watch tv and not take us anywhere. She hated to drive. Wouldn’t let us sign up for much, told us we wouldn’t like it anyway, and had no interest in letting us pursue our interests. It was all about her and what she wanted. And when I did do things and needed a ride home she made me beg other parents to give me a ride because she didn’t want to.  [/quote]

Keep making yourself feel better for doing anything to avoid having free time with your adhd annoying kid. We see you.[/quote]

And your kids won't see you some day when they realize how low effort and stifling you were.[/quote]

No one was stifled. They did varsity sports and school plays and honors choirs and are attending or on track to attend competitive colleges. And they didn't have to spend their elementary years constantly on the go.

I work in a school and I can tell you exactly which kids spend their time the ways yours do, and which ones don't. [/quote]

My parents are low effort parents and even lower effort grandparents.  My kids figured it out young and I have to bribe them as teens to see their grandparents.  They bring up they are in no way a prioirty.  What's wrong with being on the go and being in activities?  School sports and activities are not the same.[/quote]

Because these kids don't know how to exist in an environment that is unstructured or without constant entertainment. And apparently neither do you. [/quote]

Do you talk out of your ass as a hobby? What are you even talking about? [/quote]

How frequently does your family have unstructured time together at home? And for what length of time each occurrence? How often do they have unstructured play with the neighborhood kids? How long does your child sit and read without being forced? How often does your child make up pretend games or pretend worlds and get "lost" doing this? How often does your family wakeup on a Saturday morning with no predetermined plans for the day, other than being together?[/quote]

lol you first, weirdo. And be sure to list all of your kids and their ages not just your 8 yr old.[/quote]

So, never?[/quote]

Yup. These are the people who are afraid of quiet and their own thoughts. They feel like they have to justify their existence and inflate their self worth by being “so busy”. [/quote]

So why aren't you engaged in your thoughts and being quiet?  You are here on social media vs. spending time with your kids or doing something productive or day dreaming.[/quote]

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