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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Three nights a week devoted to sports sounds really over the top to me. One night is plenty.[/quote]

I'm curious- how old are your kids?  By middle school, most school-sponsored sports have daily practice with 2-3 games per week.  If you go the club route its not uncommon to have 3-4 nights per week.  My kids are a freshman and junior, both are good (not great) at sports and aren't anywhere near a highly competitive level.  Daughter has gymnastics 4 nights per week plus weekend competitions, son has basketball every week night, either practice or a game.  Plus he works every other weekend at a grocery store.  Its hectic at times but both have learned to manage their time very well and get most homework done in study hall or weekends.  There are some late nights but its a trade off.

One night of sports per week is [u]not common [/u]with older kids.

So with everything they do, if their homework is done I don't care how much screen time they have.  Both have GPAs over 3.8 so if my son wants to play Destiny for hours on a night off, I gladly let him.  [/quote]

T[b]hey don't go to school yet and my partner and I are going to homeschool. We are both on the same page on the fact that we won't let sports become a major deal in our family.[/b][/quote]

No you can't really know if a) you will actually really homeschool. so many factors influence that and you need to wait until your kids are actually school age - grade 1 and above. I have no issues with homeschooling but honestly people like you are so silly talking about homeschooling when your kids are even school age and b) you can't control whether or not your kid enjoys a sport and wants to play it nor can you say how you will feel about it when you are watching your kid play that sport.

Never, ever make such definite statements about what you will do one day. They will come back to bite you.[/quote]

Rigidity in parental thinking is a recipe for disaster. Whether it's about homeschooling, sports, or screen time.

Raise the child you have, not the child you want. The end.[/quote]

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