Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cut out the sports sessions. Save your money. If your kids really love those sports, they can play them on their own.

I think the money's already been paid, which is why such activities have tried to replace it with online stuff, to avoid having to reimburse families, and why families have tried to attend them, to get something for of what they paid.

The sports money is a sink cost. Time to walk away from stressful and unnecessary zooms for travel sports. (Wtf?)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes, the sports teams are F-ING Killing us with Zoom.

My son's baseball team has 12 scheduled Zoom calls per week.
Daughter #1: 3 soccer calls, 2 for chorus.
Daughter #2: 5 soccer calls
Each kid has 1 piano call each
So 25 total.

This is freaking ridiculous. We've been keeping this up for 6 weeks but I'm losing it.

This is totally ridiculous. Are they trying to justify keeping your money?

Not the OP, but yes, that is the reason exactly.

My 13 year old was the only one on her soccer team without an Apple watch to track her runs for her coach. I found an old FitBit in a drawer and told her to make it work. She really thought that was her ticket to finally getting an Apple watch.

Anonymous wrote:I'm at my wits end with all of this.

My kid yell at me yesterday, yup, Mother's Day, to tell me that "all you do is work and you've been so stressed for weeks." That was was my last straw, my something's-gotta-give moment. I actually had covid, (thank god recovered) and have been working nonstop so I guess I'm not so much fun. Go figure.

I know others have it worse, but this is just tough all around.

So did you yell back?

Tell them to be grateful you still had a job?

Ground them?

Cry because it’s Mother’s Day?

I'm at my wits end with all of this.

My kid yell at me yesterday, yup, Mother's Day, to tell me that "all you do is work and you've been so stressed for weeks." That was was my last straw, my something's-gotta-give moment. I actually had covid, (thank god recovered) and have been working nonstop so I guess I'm not so much fun. Go figure.

I know others have it worse, but this is just tough all around.

Just drop the rope. We quit. Best decision ever.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has any of this made you more sympathetic to what families in poverty experience in non-pandemic times, working multiple jobs, drying to help kids with homework they don’t understand?

How about you? Or do you just get your jollies by virtue signaling and attempting to shame people?

+1

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for saying it, OP. I don't even know what I will do if we have to continue distance learning in the fall.

+1. My kids are older and can handle their online school and sports zoom sessions (yes folks it’s a money grab, we know it). But I’m DESPERATE for school and sports to return in the fall.

Anonymous wrote:Has any of this made you more sympathetic to what families in poverty experience in non-pandemic times, working multiple jobs, drying to help kids with homework they don’t understand?

How about you? Or do you just get your jollies by virtue signaling and attempting to shame people?

Thanks for saying it, OP. I don't even know what I will do if we have to continue distance learning in the fall.

Anonymous wrote:Cut out the sports sessions. Save your money. If your kids really love those sports, they can play them on their own.

I think the money's already been paid, which is why such activities have tried to replace it with online stuff, to avoid having to reimburse families, and why families have tried to attend them, to get something for of what they paid.

No. My 10 and 15 year old are pretty self-sufficient, OP.

We dropped one group extracurricular that my kids found annoying, and added more private online classes. My teen successfully completed one AP exam online today! Woohoo!

Apart from the AP exam that was online, and we weren't sure how it was going to work out, it's been way less stressful than having to drive all over the place.

Cut out the sports sessions. Save your money. If your kids really love those sports, they can play them on their own.

They should be able to handle their Zoom sessions on their own. You should also encourage your son to take advantage of the teacher's office hours for algebra or, at the very least, attempt to find answers on his own (Google or the online textbook). Once your kids try their homework on their own, then set aside some time to help them with what they cannot figure out.

I’ve been over it since it started. My kids are little though (6 and under). I’m more worried about when our work is going to decide that our “half-assing” isn’t enough and the for the backlash to begin.

Honestly, we're choosing to opt out of many of the "extra" zooms. Sometime they conflict with mine or DH's work schedule and sometimes the kids just don't want to do them - and that's perfectly ok!

My 4yo preschooler has 5 a week with his teachers/friends and his 'specials' teachers - music and gymnastic. For the most part doesn't enjoy them, and the kids are just screaming over each other to be heard so we skip more than we attend.

My FCPS 5th grader has 2 a day for distance learning which she can handle on her own. And while we encourage her to attend we don't demand it as she is largely bored by the content. She's attended all but one session so far. She also has at least one meeting a week for each of her activities - chorus, select choir, theatre, student council leadership and private music lessons, plus her teach hosts 'lunch bunches' every day during break and wants students to attend once per week. At first she enjoyed these calls but is quickly tiring of the limited interactions that can be had. We leave those choices nearly entirely up to her.

Zoom fatigue and quarantine fatigue are absolutely real and kids are impacted just like adults. Our family has chosen to focus on what's most important to us at this time and that doesn't mean jumping on a zoom call every time our kids are summoned.