ime, two factors besides "overscheduled" could easily play into this. (1) around here, "schedules" aren't set for many sports--particularly for games, but often for practices--until the last minute. because of this, even one or two sports per child could cause unpredictable conflicts. and (2) conflicts don't always have to do with the kids' activities or even the parents' work commitments. dh and i both only maintain a fraction of the commitments we did before kids, but we've found it to feel unhealthy to drop everything we do for ourselves (we take classes, we join sports leagues, we go out with friends, he plays in bands, etc.)--factor in the fact that we are working around four people's activities, that we're not merely two taller people waiting on two shorter people--and the potential for conflict without overscheduling the little
Be careful with the machine translator. It is probably better to teach him how to use a dictionary. The other day a friend, SUCH a witty friend , wanted to tell me, in Danish, that my ass made the earth move. It came out as "Your donkey makes the earth rumble." No joke!
Lol, I know that translator comes up with some weird stuff sometimes! Its very literal. We do not have a dictionary at home (Why, I dont know, I need to get one). But he is fluent enough in Spanish now that its usually just a stray word here or there he needs help with. I have to say, it is so bizarre to see my blonde haired, blue eyed boy rattling away in Spanish! But I am so so happy that he has this opportunity. I wish every day we'd been able to do the same for dd. She is in her 3rd year of French and we will be sending her on a 2 week exchange to France this summer, but its not the same as learning it from kindy.
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ime, two factors besides "overscheduled" could easily play into this. (1) around here, "schedules" aren't set for many sports--particularly for games, but often for practices--until the last minute. because of this, even one or two sports per child could cause unpredictable conflicts. and (2) conflicts don't always have to do with the kids' activities or even the parents' work commitments. dh and i both only maintain a fraction of the commitments we did before kids, but we've found it to feel unhealthy to drop everything we do for ourselves (we take classes, we join sports leagues, we go out with friends, he plays in bands, etc.)--factor in the fact that we are working around four people's activities, that we're not merely two taller people waiting on two shorter people--and the potential for conflict without overscheduling the little
Our games are all on Saturdays now, so maybe that's the difference.
Lol, I know that translator comes up with some weird stuff sometimes! Its very literal. We do not have a dictionary at home (Why, I dont know, I need to get one). But he is fluent enough in Spanish now that its usually just a stray word here or there he needs help with. I have to say, it is so bizarre to see my blonde haired, blue eyed boy rattling away in Spanish! But I am so so happy that he has this opportunity. I wish every day we'd been able to do the same for dd. She is in her 3rd year of French and we will be sending her on a 2 week exchange to France this summer, but its not the same as learning it from kindy.
Dj
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I had heard that they were good to have around. :)
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