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Life Enhancement Should Be Everyone’s Priority During Our Precious Time

January 20, 2021 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

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The year 2020 has thrown a lot on our plates. COVID-19. Social and political unrest. Economic uncertainty. Some of us are also dealing with health issues or the loss of loved ones, which may or may not be related to those issues. Through it all, we must constantly remember: It's not necessarily what happens to us, it's how we respond to it. Think hard about what's going on, and you'll find many scenarios literally out of our control. But what's always in our control is how we approach life. So ask yourself this: Am I about life enhancement or am I just waiting for the next shoe to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting advice Tagged With: time management, tips

Family Routines Essential During Lockdown’s ‘Unscheduled’ Time

May 13, 2020 by Vincent O'Keefe Leave a Comment

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COVID-19 has done a number on time. For parents lucky enough to be healthy and employed, a key challenge has become spending so many hours at home with children. Some time flies, some crawls. Either way, we’re faced with more "underscheduled" family time than ever. For inspiration, I like to revel in a memory made several years ago. There I was, lost in a vintage clothing store in search of an all-star-husband gift for my wife. But I quickly realized I would probably make another rookie mistake, so I just started chuckling at the platform shoes and feathered hats. Soon a salesperson … [Read more...]

Filed Under: at-home parenting, memories, parenting advice Tagged With: COVID19, time management

Homeschooling Schedule Issues: Too Ambitious vs. Too Lenient

April 6, 2020 by Adam Gertsacov 1 Comment

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Homeschooling is here indefinitely, and there's lots of logistics to consider. The biggest for many of us being how to make sure that the kids are learning, and that their homeschooling schedule meshes with our own home/work schedule. We attempted to have our 11-year-old son follow an academic schedule of sorts at the start. That worked a little, but there was so much crying and whining and "NO, I can't possibly use THAT pencil!" that I'm not sure how we are going to survive. Here was our original homeschooling schedule, the idea was for 25-minute segments with 15 minutes for resting. It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: education, teens / tweens Tagged With: COVID19, homeschooling, remote learning, time management

Unscheduled Summer Brings Some Shame, Some Boredom, Much Joy

May 23, 2018 by Tobin Walsh 1 Comment

girl blowing soap bubbles unscheduled summer

What are my kids doing this summer? Nothing. That’s right, nothing. We’ve signed them up for zero camps, have scheduled no play dates and, alas, have no true idea of how we might occupy four kids between the ages of 5 and 12 over the upcoming school-less months. Yes, I’ve taken note of your full summer calendars. I hear your days will be packed with baseball camp, fishing camp, STEM camp, robotics camp, the YMCA day school, soccer camp, your week at Disney and the photography class you’ve registered for. I must say, I’m a bit jealous of the action-packed days you have ahead. I’m … [Read more...]

Filed Under: holidays, parenting styles Tagged With: extracurricular activities, summer, time management, vacation

Overscheduled Children Miss Life’s Sidelines

May 4, 2016 by Whit Honea Leave a Comment

overscheduled children on sidelines with dog

There are any number of ways to fill a child's schedule, from leaving open blocks of freedom to cramming it full like a dance card. It falls all over the parenting spectrum: obligation, burden, guilt, bonding, joy, nostalgia, the teaching of skills and the learning of lessons. It's like a Pixar movie in a pinny. We find the time and the funds that said schedule dictates, then force the world to see all the fun that we are having — late nights of homework and fast food dinners seldom make the cut of Facebook fodder. At what point does it all become too much and we create overscheduled … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting styles, sports, work-life balance Tagged With: extracurricular activities, time management

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