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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can either of you move your schedule up earlier since you work from home? That is the number one way we do it. I realize it requires flexible jobs but it sounds like you may have that so thought I’d share. We stagger our schedules, I work 7:30-3:30/4 (our kids wake up early though so I have an hour to hour and a half with them in the morning). Husband does drop off and works 9-4 and then does work each evening after bed. I don’t know how he does it but it works for him and us.

We pick the kids up early and have found it makes a huge difference in our family life. We also so far only do one activity at a time that will impact weekdays. I try to fill in other things they might be interested in and want to try with summer camps and then we prioritize based on what they realllly express interest in. [/quote]

I will add that I know you said you don’t think it is too much activity, you also mentioned after school activities. So it sounds like your elementary schooler is in activities at school right after (understandably for child care) and then also has a sport 2x a week and instrument 2-3 times a week? The combo of after school activities plus additional is getting you. Instrument 2-3 times a week is a lot for an elementary schooler. 30 min lesson 1x a week seems more typical to me.

Anyway it’s really hard, I totally get it. It’s hard to find the balance but if those things are important to you (which research supports having more downtime unstructured time at home is really good for kids!) then you have to be kind of aggressive in realllly considering each activity you add. The other thing we do is we try to protect Sundays as much as possible. Doesn’t have to be solely family time, we see friends too but we think really hard about saying yes to things on Sundays that take away from family time or relaxed unstructured time. Sundays are the day I bake with the kids most often for example [/quote]

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