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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I, too, don’t understand all the activities on a weekend.  Whatever happened to we will clean up the house until noon and then, head to the park or a hike  for a few hours.  Your job is not to entertain your child on the weekend. Instead, allow them to play, have a friend over and do their homework.[/quote]

We do spend the morning cleaning and hanging out, although there’s not much to clean since it’s just us. By noon she’s complaining she’s bored.

We live in a really bad area in the middle of nowhere, so parks aren’t always the best option. It’s not uncommon for there to be homeless people, people using drugs, armed robbery, etc. So we usually try to go places that are safer.

Her school doesn’t give homework. We have play dates sometimes but her friends don’t always come from the best families. Like last time she went to play with a friend, the mom left the kids to go bail someone out of jail and brought him back to the house.

Unfortunately that’s just the reality of wheee we live. [/quote]

Here's what me and my non spoiled 9 year old did this Saturday. Cleaned/did chores. Grocery store together. Came home, she had 1 hour of tv while I did the taxes. Then she whined at me that she was bored for 15 minutes until she wandered around and found a craft. She busied herself with various things for awhile, listened to an audio book, whined some more about being bored, found something else to do, then she and I played cards for awhile before dinner.

This cost Zero dollars (well, outside groceries).  And YES she was bored. SHE FIGURED IT OUT. [/quote]

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