Sports and other activities are what keep us on our toes as opposed to homework.
I work at my son's school. My daughter gets out at 3:15 and rides the bus to our school. She gets there at 3:25 and my son gets out of class (I get off work) at 3:30. We are usually home by 3:38. The kids immediately start their chores which take probably an hour all said. That includes homework. There is always a little bit of goofing off so they usually finish up right around 5pm which is when we eat dinner. By 5:30 we are heading out the door for either Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts or flag football practice. It is typically close to 8:00 when we get home on Scout nights and 7:15 on football nights. Bedtime here is 8pm. The kids come in, shower, and go straight to bed. There really isn't any downtime. I look forward to Wednesdays as that is our one day of the week that we don't have to be somewhere in the evening. On Wednesday they get an hour of computer time and we usually sit down and watch a TV show as a family or play a board game.
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