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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you all helicopter parents who are freaking about their children’s education right now? You have no regard for your own children’s or others safety. Let the kids enjoy some snow days. Its part of childhood.. [/quote]

My kid loves the snow, we are outdoorsy, but even we have had enough. We’ve made snow ice cream, played outside, been sledding, read books, played games, done all the things…… but it’s freezing outside. 
We’re done. [/quote]

Agreed. My kids have been outside with friends all week (or they have had friends over or gone to their houses), they've read, played video games, done crafty things, we've baked goodies and made hot chocolate, we've had movie nights (and some days).  But at this point everyone is going stir crazy.  [/quote]

There is nothing stopping parents from incorporating ELA, math, science, social studies, and world languages into these activities.

I always did it with my kids because we were poor. Actually poor, not DCUM low six figures “poor”.

We did math (ratios) and chemistry while baking. Social studies, world languages, and ELA while watching classic films. Physics while shoveling or playing in the snow.

What’s more, most of their friends’ families also did this. Kids kept learning and they didn’t get bored. We interspersed this with indoor games and just talking to each other. My kids loved hearing about my childhood or their babyhood and I loved hearing whatever they thought about the world or daydreamed for the future.

During the big shutdown in 2009, virtual learning was not an option. We researched American Samoa and spent three days “vacationing” there in our basement in Silver Spring. [/quote]

Most people aren’t intellectually curious and don’t care about their kid being educated. They just want them to go to a good college so they can get a job that makes them a lot of money.

That’s the sad truth.

So they aren’t going to take the initiative to create an enriching environment at home.[/quote]

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