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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have three and I just added it up and it comes to around $800 per month. The kids do tennis (3), soccer (2), and gymnastics (2), and horseback riding (1). Does this sound crazy or is about what you spend?[/quote] 2 kids. About the same. My boys would sign up for every activity under the sun if I allowed. My oldest has so much energy, he's literally bouncing out of his skin.[/quote] So why can't he go ride bikes with friends, Nerf wars, hike in the woods, go to the playground, learn how to skateboard, play basketball or tennis with friends at a local park. Capturfe the flag and other games. They would get a lot more exercise and street smarts than being driven by Mommy to a 50 minute organized activity where they may be active for 30min. They spend more time sitting in the car going to and from. [/quote] I am the OP and this is making me lol a bit. Their activities take up an hour or two at most per day. School is only 6 hours. HW takes an hour at the very most. They're asleep for about ten. Being very conservative, that still leaves 5 full hours of awake time. They have plenty of time to play outside and use their imaginations. [/quote] I haven't posted in this thread, but I see where she is coming from. My kids are in school 7 hours. They sleep closer to 11 hours. We spend an hour most days on family dinner/clean up, and about an hour on personal hygeine (tooth brushing, shower, getting dressed). So, they have maybe three hours of free time. Nights they spend two hours on an activity (between transportation and doing the activity), they have very little time to go ride bikes and play chess with dad. [/quote] Where you spend 2 hours/day on dinner/clean up and on personal hygiene, many families spend far less. (An hour on hygiene would be unheard of for us and my kids love a long shower.) my kids also sleep about 9.5-10 hrs, so our family has more available time than yours with your longer sleep. Time, dinner time, and hygiene times. Plus, some of my kids' activities are in the morning...and some are less than a mile away. My son is in four activities, yet also plays with Lego sets daily, reads more than an hour each day, does his homework, is outside playing with friends many days, etc. do your kids have screen time? We have zero during the weekdays and limited on the weekends, so that may be another way we have more available time than you.[/quote] OP here. This is a good point as well. Our kids don't watch much tv and I also have my two older kids do their hw in the morning before school starts (because they're more alert then, well rested, and in a better mood to do it than after school or at night). So we knock that out first thing which leaves long empty hours between the time they get home from school and bed. They have a bath before bed every night but that only takes 15 minutes at most. [/quote]
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