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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tell them to go play with their toys! Jfc!!! When I was younger (90s) we didn’t go anywhere for break and didn’t have playdates during snow days. Let the kids get creative. You don’t have to entertain them every minute.

-a teacher [/quote]

Are you a parent?[/quote]

Yes! My kid is now 17. She used to play with her monster high dolls or color or watch a movie. We would of course do some special things together but she could never be hyper dependent on me for entertainment. [/quote]

No offense, but it's not exactly an apples to apples comparison when you dismiss current parents of elementary/preK school battling this week's snow versus your teenaged daughter or in the 90s.  Even when your daughter was young enough to be a burden during snow days (at LEAST 10 years ago!), phone/screen usage wasn't quite as pervasive as it is now.  You definitely had snow days, but those were for actual blizzards,  not a moderate snow event like this was for most.

Every generation of parenting has struggles, so please don't downplay what parents are going through during snow days, especially the ones that are debatable for at least half of this county.[/quote]

Oh honey. I have teens. Screen usage was just as pervasive when my kids were young. They had iPads at your kids’ age. We had closures for snow that are no different than this one. In fact, we had an entire pandemic where my elementary school kids were home from school for over a YEAR. Camps did not open that summer. It is definitely not an apples to apples comparison that your kids are home for 3 days. 
-DP[/quote]

Are you (and the PPs above screaming "jfc") okay? OP is struggling and asking for ideas. Relax.[/quote]

I’m just fine, thanks. 
Ideas: Lego sets, puzzles, give them a huge piece of paper to make a snow day mural, have them choreograph a dance to a song, bubble baths, perler beads, create a scavenger hunt around the house, cut out pics from magazines and make a mood board collage, write letters/notes to mail to relatives, jump rope, build a fort. [/quote]

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