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I'm a teacher in ffxco. This is not the norm in my high SES school. Parents have more money than they know what to do with. Most all of the kids are in SACC until the bitter end, 615. All working parents, no trend of SAH parents signing their kids up. The SAP and AuPair/Nannies hang at the playground for a while after school while their kids play with other kids who have thr luxury to go home afterwards  ( and I'm saying this as a working mom myself). People do what they have to do, but the poster is correct, these kids are keeping adult career like hours, easily 9 hour days. As much fun as SACC is, the kids are absolutely spent.  Afterschool programs are not downtime. [b] It is noisy and is organized chaos[/b]. It is very stimulating after an already stimulating day.[/quote]

That may be your school's experience but that doesn't mean it's everyone's.  I was concerned about extended day for my introverted DD because she needs a lot of solo time.  We figured we'd try it and if it didn't work for her we switch to a sitter at home.  I was surprised that she loves it.  She made two good friends at school who also both go to extended day.  It seems they spend a lot of time out of the playground making up adventures and when she wants some quiet she goes to the library to curl up in a beanbag and read or write stories.  When I pick her up around 5-5:30 she's usually in the library.  I do think it would be a long day for a kid who is at aftercare and then goes to sports or other extracurriculars several nights a week but it's silly to blame that situation on extended day when it's as much as issue from the other activities.[/quote]

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