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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids don't play travel sports, but a lot of their friends do. I agree with the above poster who said that the kids who do travel sports and excel in academics are highly self-motivated and organized - neither of those terms describe my kids LOL. The kid who plays travel sports needs to be prepared to come home from school and immediately crank out their HW, hop in the car, deal with likely a long car carpool, play said sport, eat dinner and shower late and possibly finish off hw, and get to bed right away after that/fall asleep quickly because it is late at this point. I truly admire kids/adults who are that efficient.

My kids, on the other hand, want to relax and not tackle HW immediately upon getting home from school, dawdle through HW, need a lot of reminders, want more "chill" time after dinner/before bed, and take awhile to fall asleep at night (even after hard exercise, they just toss and turn alot before drifting off) - they hate to be rushed from thing to thing, and feel stressed if it is bedtime and they haven't had time on ther own to just relax. Also, my kids do not use carpool time efficiently - when other kids are in the car, they don't want to do HW or eat dinner, they want to chat with the other kids. [/quote]

I'm the PP whose son's schedule is apparently making strangers on the internet sad, and what you describe about your kids' tendencies is the main thing he struggles with.  He's naturally very organized, but definitely the sort who feels like he wants to relax and/or hang out with friends after school until practice.  He's much better rested when he gets straight to his homework, but it goes against every instinct.  My husband, who never procrastinated one a single thing in his life, is baffled by the idea that you wouldn't start homework as soon as you are home, but I have a lot of sympathy.
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