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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So 4 out of 7 nights seems pretty typical?[/quote]

In the DCUM world. [b]Most 4th graders play in the neighborhood after school, maybe a planned play date here and there with a school friend not on their bus. One sports practice and maybe another activity max. [/b]

If you think 4th graders need 4 nights of organized planned activities, tutors, personal trainers, and zero time playing with friends or managing their own time you are setting your child up for social issues, lack of street smarts, common sense, autonomy, and honestly - just childhood.  If their only friends are those brought on by paid events, which a few here have mentioned, that is terribly sad.  One mom allows her 4th grader to FaceTime friends but not play with them.  Really?  Wake up parents. [/quote]

Uhmm...I live in the suburbs of Omaha, and 4 out of 7 nights is pretty typical here.  Where do you live that people are playing in the neighborhood with kids from their bus?  The 1980's?  
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