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[quote=Anonymous]mom of 3 kids her. Pre-teen and 2 teenagers. our life is fine. We never spend time on putting each kid to bed or showering beyond their age of 4. We moved to the place where kids can walk/take a bus to school. They walk around their neighborhood and hang out with friends. Sports and after school activities are prioritized to once that are provided by school and some extra favorite activity for each kid if they want. I have 1 kid in travel sports and 1 doing non-travel club. 1 Special needs with therapies. Parent who drives to sports, gets 2-3 hours "me time" while waiting for kids. For me it-s going to the gym 3 times/week. 
Noise: we have a house rule - parent's bedroom is a quiet place. You have freedom to do almost anything in your room, otherwise behave. So if you need to be loud, do it in your room with doors closed. 
Playdates: you can spend time with your friends as much as you want only if this is not disruptive to others, your room is reasonably clean. If you can't walk/bike to your friend, it's not your friend. Find friends that live closer. 
Evenings: typically kids starting to come home after 3. Lunch is offered for each kid when they come. Dinner around 6-7 for those who home. We eat together and chat or watch a family movie together. Typically each kid comes for our bedroom for some 1:1 time and that's initiated by kids. If they need me, they know where to find us :)
Everyone starts going to bed around 9-10. But after 9 PM no kids allowed to disrupt us, unless it's emergency. We sleep with doors open most of the time, so we can monitor indirectly.
I feel like we are way less stressed and more relaxed than our friends with 1-2 kids. No outsource or help with anything. Traveling  1-2 times/year and typically rent small villas or cabins to accomodate 5  people and Great Dane[/quote]

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