Also re: children needing some downtime by dinner: by the time our kids were in middle school / early high school we had to have a parenting conference because my wife was sad that they no longer were enthusiastic about a loaded schedule of family things at the weekend and I had to reframe it as “they basically have 2 shifts at work 5 da…
Also re: children needing some downtime by dinner: by the time our kids were in middle school / early high school we had to have a parenting conference because my wife was sad that they no longer were enthusiastic about a loaded schedule of family things at the weekend and I had to reframe it as “they basically have 2 shifts at work 5 days a week plus weekend homework, they have activities, they need some downtime.” It’s easy to forget that just because their brains are more elastic and they have more energy, those kids need some rest from the constant improvement.
Also re: children needing some downtime by dinner: by the time our kids were in middle school / early high school we had to have a parenting conference because my wife was sad that they no longer were enthusiastic about a loaded schedule of family things at the weekend and I had to reframe it as “they basically have 2 shifts at work 5 days a week plus weekend homework, they have activities, they need some downtime.” It’s easy to forget that just because their brains are more elastic and they have more energy, those kids need some rest from the constant improvement.