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[quote=Anonymous]

I have two kids on my own and always have (my ex left when they were babies). Maybe it’s easier when it’s always been just me. I was raised by a capable single mom so that helped. I have single mom friends who find it harder because they had help for years before getting divorced. Maybe the wanting what you used to have is what makes it harder. I’m grateful that I have great jobs to pay the bills even if we are DCUMs poor. [/quote]

How exactly does your weekday work?

5:30- I wake up. Make lunches (although my kids will be doing that the night before school starting next year), get myself ready.

6:15- I wake the kids up although sometimes they are up by then. They eat breakfast, get dressed, etc.

6:40- We leave for school. I drop them off at their school. They go to before care which opens at 7am.

7:20- I get to my school. Teach all day. I work two hours a day tutoring at our aftercare program which run M-TH.

5:00- I leave my school and pick up the kids at aftercare. We occasionally run errands after school (grocery store, etc).

5:30-6:00- I make dinner while the kids do whatever homework they might have left (most is done in aftercare). They play if their chores are done.

6:30ish- Dinner and they help clean up (one sets the table and one clears and then they alternate each week). Twice a week they have an activity (one does scouts and the other does ballet). One those two nights we eat leftovers.

7:00- When it's light outside, we either take a walk or they ride bikes or scooter after dinner.

7:30- Baths/showers, etc and then they go to bed by 8:00 or so.

I finish cleaning up and then I read or watch Netflix while grading, paying bills, etc.

That's about it. Weekends are some errands, laundry at the laundromat, visits to free places like parks, etc. Sometimes they will have a friend over or go to a friend's house or birthday party. Occasionally, there is a scouting activity or a dance recital. Pretty typical stuff. I had a very similar growing up to this.[/quote]

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