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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our 3 are 9, 7 and 4 and it is WORLDS easier than it was even a year ago. But, while the physical labor has eased up, I can sense the emotional labor and the driving around labor are ramping up. I do not regret 3 in the slightest. It's perfect for us. But - it does make traveling more complicated and extra-curriculars more daunting. And - some family can't handle a family of 5 visiting them - we are too much - so hotels become more needed, for example.[/quote]

Speaking as someone in the golden years of elementary school. Just wait until puberty.[/quote]

DP with kids who are 10, 8, and 5: you know that COVID has really stolen our "golden years of elementary," right?  I get that I don't have teens, either, but our school has been pretty clear that the level of emotional upset they're seeing in many kids is pandemic-related.  It sucks.[/quote]

NP - covid sucks for all of us.  I have elementary, middle and teen.  By far the hardest hit in covid was my teen.[/quote]

Yeah--it does suck, and I'm sorry.  I was specifically pointing out that years that are supposed to be less turbulent, i.e., elementary, no longer are due to the pandemic.  Not that we have it worse, only that what could previously be counted on to be a little calmer, isn't.  [/quote]

That makes sense, thank you.

As for the visiting family - yes travel is harder as a family of five. We usually have to book two hotel rooms when we travel, and in Europe with the smaller cars, sometimes even two Ubers.[/quote]

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