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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids are still kids...even if we just consider 12-18 year olds, they shouldn't have to "work" a 5-day week just because most adults do. The schedule as it is is as complicated as adults make it. FCPS and local orgs could do more to offer meaningful and fun options for ES/MS students on the days off, and HS (and some MS) parents can make sure their kids use non-5-day-weeks to get work done. It should not be a crisis. Everyone who's raising the proof point of "5-day weeks and consistency help student achievement" should also look at data about how long summer breaks cause huge learning loss and are detrimental to student achievement. [/quote]

I think you are underestimating young people. I worked harder in school and at my sport at 16 than I could ever do now. I look back and wonder where I found the mental and physical energy. I am middle aged and tired now! I can't stay up late and get up early like I used to. I have so many more things on my mind as a working parent. I think it's better for most people to put their nose to the grindstone in their teens and twenties when they don't have anyone else depending on them. Then they can take their foot off the gas pedal a bit if they want to, because they've likely earned the right to some flexibility and choices. Teens are more capable than many parents these days want to believe. It's a relatively recent phenomenon to coddle them and I don't think it's helping.[/quote]

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