No one cares about whether kids at overscheduled. This discussion is a distraction. It seems deliberate.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop signing your kids up for all of these activities. It’s overkill and it makes you all grumpy and tired. Go to work and do your job and stop acting like divas.

You sound selfish. Some kids thrive with activities and being busy.

Kids thrive when they have time to spend with their families.

Well RTO certainly isn’t helping with that either.

Sure it is. Everyone I know who works in person comes home from work, makes dinner and eats it with their family. Just like many generations before us. What has changed is wealthy families overscheduling their kids in the hope it will get them into better colleges. No wonder so many of them are anxious/depressed.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop signing your kids up for all of these activities. It’s overkill and it makes you all grumpy and tired. Go to work and do your job and stop acting like divas.

You sound selfish. Some kids thrive with activities and being busy.

Kids thrive when they have time to spend with their families.

Well RTO certainly isn’t helping with that either.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop signing your kids up for all of these activities. It’s overkill and it makes you all grumpy and tired. Go to work and do your job and stop acting like divas.

You sound selfish. Some kids thrive with activities and being busy.

Shhhh kids should be housed in aftercare so the parents can work. Extracurriculars are only for the wealthy. Taking away opportunities from the children of plebes will make college admissions even more advantageous for the rich.

No child of a GS-12 should play soccer or learn how to play an instrument. Parents should prioritize work above all else.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop signing your kids up for all of these activities. It’s overkill and it makes you all grumpy and tired. Go to work and do your job and stop acting like divas.

Nowadays It’s harder to meet friends if you aren’t in some kind of activities. I live on a block of 40 kids and you can’t schedule a single one of them to play, they all have multiple activities.

Very true. Thought it was just us. In my day, all the kids would be out playing randomly. Now they’re all overscheduled or doing IXL and stupid summer reading all the time. What a waste of youth. And 95 pct of them will just end up at gmu or jmu anyway. Sad.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope time for you lazy feds to get back to work.

This is why you don’t want boomers in charge, literally going backwards. They can’t fathom people working remotely.

Once they all retire, move on, as long as we don’t keep electing the elderly, things will go back to normal, common sense wins out typically.

It was proven you all weren't "working" from home. Sorry you need a baby sitter. Maybe if you dislike your job so much look for a new one or start your own business that lets you "work from home" or even retire. Personally, I married well and have not worked in 20 some years.

Hi! Where is the proof? You weren’t lying on the internet, were you?

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Anonymous wrote:Stop signing your kids up for all of these activities. It’s overkill and it makes you all grumpy and tired. Go to work and do your job and stop acting like divas.

Nowadays It’s harder to meet friends if you aren’t in some kind of activities. I live on a block of 40 kids and you can’t schedule a single one of them to play, they all have multiple activities.

That's just an UMC thing. Come on over to the MC where kids might do one activity but that's it. My kids have chores, jobs, etc. They meet plenty of people at school, summer jobs, in the neighborhood, etc.

8-15 years can work? I would encourage babysitting or cat sitting around age 14, that still leaves a few years you need to plan their social schedule.

A lot of town sports teams are pretty affordable like $120 for the semester.

I had a paper route at age 12 and walked neighbors dog in middle of day after school while she worked. Kids should be working starting at 12.

ok so what about 8-12?

Actually the paper route at 12 was first job on the books with working papers and paycheck. My first job was at 5 myself and 7 year old brother has a shoe shine business. We set up outside and Irish Bar in NYC after happy hour to do “free shoeshines” and drunk business guys in suits always tipped well. Sadly I aged out by 7 and onto grocery bag helping and dog walking till got working papers at 12. I also did car washing and briefly worked for a Fence selling stolen stuff at a flea market. He did not steal it but people sell home the stuff cheap and he resell. Mainly Hubcaps and Car Rims. That I left quickly,

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Anonymous wrote:Stop signing your kids up for all of these activities. It’s overkill and it makes you all grumpy and tired. Go to work and do your job and stop acting like divas.

You sound selfish. Some kids thrive with activities and being busy.

Kids thrive when they have time to spend with their families.

Who are away in the office and then commuting for hours.

The OP wrote an hour and 20 minutes. That is not an unusual amount of time to commute. Well, maybe it is for all of the people whose commute has been 20 seconds from the kitchen to the basement for the last few years.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop signing your kids up for all of these activities. It’s overkill and it makes you all grumpy and tired. Go to work and do your job and stop acting like divas.

You sound selfish. Some kids thrive with activities and being busy.

Kids thrive when they have time to spend with their families.

Who are away in the office and then commuting for hours.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop signing your kids up for all of these activities. It’s overkill and it makes you all grumpy and tired. Go to work and do your job and stop acting like divas.

Nowadays It’s harder to meet friends if you aren’t in some kind of activities. I live on a block of 40 kids and you can’t schedule a single one of them to play, they all have multiple activities.

That's just an UMC thing. Come on over to the MC where kids might do one activity but that's it. My kids have chores, jobs, etc. They meet plenty of people at school, summer jobs, in the neighborhood, etc.

8-15 years can work? I would encourage babysitting or cat sitting around age 14, that still leaves a few years you need to plan their social schedule.

A lot of town sports teams are pretty affordable like $120 for the semester.

Of course they can. Both of my kids had a few jeans they mowed every week. Plus pet sitting and house sitting. Both of them babysat (even my son who found a niche with wealthy parents of boys who wanted a boy to play sports and basically wear them out). They both also coached kids in their sports. Both were lifeguards at age 15. Chores started around age 5 or so. Stop babying your kids.

My kid is 8, so ha not viable for a few years yet. Not sure why you are condescending toward internet stranger who is interested in discussing. Your life must be perfect.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop signing your kids up for all of these activities. It’s overkill and it makes you all grumpy and tired. Go to work and do your job and stop acting like divas.

Nowadays It’s harder to meet friends if you aren’t in some kind of activities. I live on a block of 40 kids and you can’t schedule a single one of them to play, they all have multiple activities.

That's just an UMC thing. Come on over to the MC where kids might do one activity but that's it. My kids have chores, jobs, etc. They meet plenty of people at school, summer jobs, in the neighborhood, etc.

8-15 years can work? I would encourage babysitting or cat sitting around age 14, that still leaves a few years you need to plan their social schedule.

A lot of town sports teams are pretty affordable like $120 for the semester.

Of course they can. Both of my kids had a few jeans they mowed every week. Plus pet sitting and house sitting. Both of them babysat (even my son who found a niche with wealthy parents of boys who wanted a boy to play sports and basically wear them out). They both also coached kids in their sports. Both were lifeguards at age 15. Chores started around age 5 or so. Stop babying your kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Feds are lucky if its being relaxed as it isn't in private.

I have friends in banking and fintech, and they are all teleworking 2-3 days per week. Don't go based off what companies are saying publicly; the reality is very different (and more lenient) than the public pronouncements.

Fintech have forced RIF quota per year, combined with frequent mergers, be prepared to change jobs every 2 years.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop signing your kids up for all of these activities. It’s overkill and it makes you all grumpy and tired. Go to work and do your job and stop acting like divas.

Nowadays It’s harder to meet friends if you aren’t in some kind of activities. I live on a block of 40 kids and you can’t schedule a single one of them to play, they all have multiple activities.

That's just an UMC thing. Come on over to the MC where kids might do one activity but that's it. My kids have chores, jobs, etc. They meet plenty of people at school, summer jobs, in the neighborhood, etc.

8-15 years can work? I would encourage babysitting or cat sitting around age 14, that still leaves a few years you need to plan their social schedule.

A lot of town sports teams are pretty affordable like $120 for the semester.

I had a paper route at age 12 and walked neighbors dog in middle of day after school while she worked. Kids should be working starting at 12.

ok so what about 8-12?

Anonymous wrote:Feds are lucky if its being relaxed as it isn't in private.

I have friends in banking and fintech, and they are all teleworking 2-3 days per week. Don't go based off what companies are saying publicly; the reality is very different (and more lenient) than the public pronouncements.

Anonymous wrote:Feds are lucky if its being relaxed as it isn't in private.

Feds at my agency are leaving for the hybrid jobs in private industry.