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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don't understand this unless you are going to homeschool.

My kids are gone at 7am, school all day, after school activities and home at 6 or 7 or 8. They have maybe an hour before they are doing homework.

A child having a mental health breakdown is not a teen-ternity that is sick leave or time off for medical reasons.[/quote]

With a middle school teen, mine is home at 2:30, then needs a ride to various things between 5:00-8:00 (not every day, but different things on different days). In between that I have to make dinner and any other errands, and help manage homework (kid has ADHD), and that’s after working all day.

I can see that if teens are driving and more independent then it takes less parenting time. [/quote]
We chose to live in a location where we're very close to an elementary, middle and high school.  This has worked out great for activities--my 11 yo rides her bike to get to and from school, swim practice, soccer practice, basketball practice, piano lessons, and girl scouts, plus a few clubs at school.  I don't see that changing much through high school, as we are really well located.

I still try to work from home during after school hours as much as I can because I like being home when she gets home.  She'll often pull out her homework and sit next to me and work--she likes the moral support.  But I don't have to stop working to drive her places.  She just hops on her bike and gets there herself unless the weather is absolutely horrid.  [/quote]

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