By: Jen Schaefer
YES! I have an only child who craves interaction with others, new experiences, and challenges both musical and physical. She comes to it naturally- I am the same way. I am often involved in several...
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Oh Ellen — again you have hit me right where I live. I have spent the last couple of days angsting about how much is “too much” for Liam, both in time, logistics and money. He has such an appetite for...
View ArticleBy: Ellen Painter Dollar
Ah…you are too kind. The whole issue of how working parents handle scheduling and homework is one I didn’t even broach, but is I think worth a whole blog post on its own. And one thought I had is that...
View ArticleBy: Tim
“Some days the math just doesn’t work.” Ain’t that the truth, Ellen. Witho our kids we made a conscious decision not to add things at the start of the school year because the time filled up (quite...
View ArticleBy: Wren
While you obviously do a wonderful job balancing your kids schedules and staying involved in their lives please don’t think that just because it works for you and your kids that it works for all of...
View ArticleBy: Ellen Painter Dollar
Thanks so much for your perspective! I have no doubt there are many families, particularly well-educated, upper-class families like the ones at the school you mention, where kids are asked to do too...
View ArticleBy: Amy Simpson
Thank you! The math, indeed, does not work. We take pains to limit our kids’ commitments for the sake of the whole family–and still, with two kids we sometimes feel we can barely keep up. The things...
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