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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They’re not being a family. That’s what they’re doing. [/quote]

This. They don’t know how to (or just don’t want to) just hand out at home and be together.

Cue all the people saying that have plenty of time for activities 7 days a week and still plenty of family time, on top of school/jobs. The math doesn’t work. [/quote]

How cute that you think having two parents who get home by 5 every night in order to have a sit down dinner with their 2.4 kids is the only way to be a family or spend family time.[/quote]

That 0.4 kid probably needs a lot of extra attention [/quote]

I was a pretty unscheduled kid and my family had dinner together most nights. But the truth is my mom was lazy and wanted to smoke cigarettes, drink beer with the neighbors, watch tv and do anything but drive us to activities. So great! But she did get dinner on the table by the time my dad came home. Real quality family time![/quote]

A willingness to schlep your kid to endless activities so you can surf your phone or do work while they are there is not the flex you think it is. It’s embarrassing how many of my students get to upper elementary school having no clue how to play basic board games or cards during indoor recess. [/quote]

What I’m telling you is my parents weren’t doing any of this with us either. Your Leave it to Beaver fantasies weren’t true then or now as to how kids spend their time. You know who played board game and card games? Our grandparents.[/quote]

It’s not a Leave it to Beaver fantasy. My kids didn’t have an activity more than one day a week until middle school at the earliest.  Elementary School was family dinners, relaxed unstructured family time off screens, and early bedtimes. [/quote]

What works for you doesn’t make it right or best for everyone. Different strokes. And how old are your kids now?[/quote]

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