Reply to s/o How do kids on travel teams get everything done

Forum Index » Tweens and Teens

Reply to "s/o How do kids on travel teams get everything done"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work 7:30-4. My H does morning routine, drive to school 30 minutes. I work 15 minutes from their school.

My kids get out of school at 3, they chill until 3:30.

3:30-4:15ish: Homework in a classroom or library.
4:30: Pickup
5:00: arrive at practice location, we eat... picnic type food, fruit, salad, sub, yogurt, etcetc
5:30-7: practice
7:30-8: home eat dinner
8:00:

Homework is done: 30 minute drive in morning, 1 hour after class, 30 minute drive to practice, 30 minute drive home from practice, 30 minutes before practice, 8-10pm at night

That is 5 possible hours that my child could do homework. Normally he uses the 1 hour after school, either 30 minute drive to practice or home (not both) and at most 1 hour at night. That is 2.5 hours of homework. About once every other week he has 3 hours of homework.

Travel sports is 12 weeks in Fall, 12 weeks in Spring. That is 24 weeks out of 52 that leaves 20+ weeks of &quot;just hanging out&quot;. He plays in winter/summer but it is less intense, less practice and no school.

We rarely had sports on a Friday. So he would hang out with friends on a Friday/Sunday.  We are in 8 tournaments a year, 4 are &quot;travel overnight&quot; the rest are travel &lt;1.5 hours from out house. [/quote]

I'm a pp who was admiring of people who make travel sports schedules work while still maintaining a strong commitment to academics. Your schedule sounds very organized and I'm really glad it works for your family.  Maybe I am reading into your post, but it seems there is a vibe of "there is plenty of time in the day for all of this," yet only because yours is a highly regimented schedule, which isn't for all kids (or adults!). My kids would say they have no time to relax on that schedule (for them, relaxing is at home with a book or listening to music or whatever, not hanging in the hallways at school for 30 min once the end of day bell sounds) - maybe your kids don't need that time, or you as a family don't value it, but different people flourish in different ways.  Also, a bulk of the time you describe as available for your kids' HW is broken into small chunks in the car - for my kids, that kind of time isn't conducive to quality writing and reading work, it would be most useful for say flashcard review time, which isn't the bulk of their HW esp in high school.  I also don't think my family could get dinner on the table and eat it in the 30 min window on your schedule.  The challenge most of us face with travel is during the school year, not summers - so the 24 weeks of travel comprise 2/3rds or more of the school year and that is when there are most time constraints. [/quote]

I agree each child is different. This is a middle school schedule.

Sports in HS are different. He plays his HS sport which means he stays after school, practices until 6 and is home at 7. During season he has games twice a week and is home around 8 or 9. There is no transportation to practice, just home and we carpool. He has 1 study hall. He does homework at night like most HS students.

There is plenty of time for "homework". He is organized, he knows large reading assignments with quality writing are done in the library after school. He has always been a kid that did 30 minutes of homework and then needed a break so it does work for him.

Relaxing for him is playing guitar, going fishing, taking the dog for a walk and playing basketball with friends. He learned guitar from YouTube so no lessons. He is dyslexic so reading has never brought him anything but anxiety so no relaxing and reading.

I do a crockpot on Monday, my H does Tuesday (he is home at 5-6), I work at home on Wednesday so I cook dinner before I leave to pick him up because I can start work earlier than 8:30, Thursdays is leftover night.

I agree that most of the travel is during the school year. So it is very structured for 12 weeks (Aug-Oct), then lots of time for 15 weeks (Nov-Feb), then 12 weeks of structure(March-May), then summer (June-July).

I don't think I would do it if it was not a passion for him. I would not ask a child to do this schedule, but I am willing to accommodate it. I usually run during his practices or read... and I happy not to be home trying to avoid eating something I shouldn't[/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