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[quote=Anonymous]Whatever you are doing is modeling for your children when you are older. You can view that as a good thing because they will see that you are respecting and taking care of your parents. This shows them that they will do the same.

That said agree with the above comments (in no order):
1) By high school you should not be helping your kids with their HW so much. I agree with transitioning away from that.
2) Your DH should be doing more
3) Teens aren't that empathic in general, but they can learn along the way to ask how you are doing.
4) Only you can judge what can really fit in for the ECs. But it's not being a good parent to be running around ragged for your kids if they are already doing ECs. They don't need to be running around ragged either. Maybe there are carpool options? Maybe there are other transportation options? Maybe DH can pick this up as one of the things? No matter what, it's not going to make or brake them in any way.
5) I disagree re playdates at your house. It's ok for your kids to want to have friends over. I would prioritize that if you don't have to do that much. By HS they usually just go to the den or playroom or whatever to hang out. You're not really required beyond making sure there are snacks in the house. So this seems like an easy one.

Good luck. You're a good daughter and this is a hard time in life. [/quote]

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