I am so with you on that!!!!!!!!Gabrielle actually had a ton of homework last year too.This year seems to be the year of the projects.I swear over 60% of her homework is on the computer.Which is kind of crazy for 6th grade.On friday she is calling an 8th grader to find out how to set up her paper to look like a newpaper article,with the newpaper title,article title,byline and then going into colums to make it look like a newspaper.This was not for a computer class it was for reading.Her dad probaly could have helped her,but they get frustrated with each other,because he could care less what the teacher wants,he just does stuff how it is done in the business world.Then dd freaks because the teacher says it has to be done this way...Such fun.I too loved the days of no homework.I kind of resent the fact that she can't do it all on her own.She can write the article just fine,she drew a great picture,but to have her crying because she can't set her page up not to look perfect is crazy.
I guess I view this differently, to me being underscheduled does not mean the child is sitting in front of some type of screen, instead I try to engage my children at home either in some family activity or go outdoors.
DS-11 is currently doing soccer 3 days a week, and it seems to be the exact right amount of scheduled activity. Soon that will change when basketball starts, though, because he usually plays in 2 leagues and we end up having some basketball-related thing 5 or 6 days a week. He truly loves basketball, though, so it's okay. It gets tough when you try to balance it out with siblings' activities, though. At the moment, his homework load is not too bad, so that's not too big of a problem.
I have to admit, my kids are never under-scheduled. There are periods when it feels "just right." There are also periods we are way over-the-top shceduled. Problem is, my kids are very passionate about their activities. Their activities are where they have their best social relationships. So, I let them be overscheduled for periods of time and just make sure that our down time really IS down time.
Childhood obesity isn't an issue for them. We are vegetarians and the kids have a reasonable diet (we aren't health nuts but we avoid sodas and don't do fast food and such.)
I'm not sure how being over/underscheduled is related to the obesity issue...I guess I've just never thought about it! My kids both do afterschool activities (drama and Cross country) so they dont' get home until 5pm.
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Laura
mom to Gabrielle
The project things are just starting here.
I guess I view this differently, to me being underscheduled does not mean the child is sitting in front of some type of screen, instead I try to engage my children at home either in some family activity or go outdoors.
I have to admit, my kids are never under-scheduled. There are periods when it feels "just right." There are also periods we are way over-the-top shceduled. Problem is, my kids are very passionate about their activities. Their activities are where they have their best social relationships. So, I let them be overscheduled for periods of time and just make sure that our down time really IS down time.
Childhood obesity isn't an issue for them. We are vegetarians and the kids have a reasonable diet (we aren't health nuts but we avoid sodas and don't do fast food and such.)
I'm not sure how being over/underscheduled is related to the obesity issue...I guess I've just never thought about it! My kids both do afterschool activities (drama and Cross country) so they dont' get home until 5pm.
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