Reply to SAH with Older Kids?

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "SAH with Older Kids?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Definitely harder, esp. if they are involved in a lot of activities or travel teams.  Our lives are still chaotic, but not as bad as trying to work around 2 full-time schedules.  A part-time gig during school hours would probably work, but knowing I have a couple hours of downtime during the day allows me to get a break before the kids get home and start all of their activities.  Most night I'm not home until 8 or 9 pm, [b]so my "work" day is divided between mornings (with errands, grocery shopping, etc.) and after school til bedtime.  I usually get a break from about 1 pm - 3 pm (although I'll do laundry and other small things around the house usually, but it's still a break[/b]).[/quote]

I'm so sorry, but I have to point out the lunacy of this.  Most kids start elementary school by 9am.  At a minimum (if your kids take the bus, you have even more time), you are filling 9am-1pm with errands and groceries?  You have 4 hours a day or 20 hours per week of grocery runs and errands?

I sincerely have no beef with staying at home with kids at any age.  But you have to keep it real people.  You're living an awesome life filled with a lot of leisure time.  Just call a spade a spade.[/quote]

I had the exact same thought.[/quote]
 I stay at home(kids in elem school) and work part-time as an artist and I agree completely. Who does errands 20 hours a week? I don't...

[/quote]

Different poster. I have 2 kids. It is hard driving multiple kids to different activities after school. My busiest times are 3-7. I am not going to say it is harder than working. I do think it is harder than working with younger children in daycare where you only have to drop off and pick up. I think that is what the original thread is about.

I work out, run errands, get mani pedis, meet friends and DH for coffee and lunch. I probably spend 1 day per week watching tv (gasp!) while doing laundry. I run errands for DH sometimes. I was a stressed out working mom always feeling stretched too thin. I like our lives better now. Everyone is happier.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics