Hi all,
My daughter who is 9-1/2 years old and in 4th Grade, just started level 4 competitive team this september, but the team classes are 3.5 hours long - 3 times a week (MWF). I'm a single parent and work full time and so on the days i have her, I rush to pick her up and if she does not get her homework done at the after school care, then there is no time to do it. What's been happening is she gets a bunch of homework on Wed that's due Friday, and since we have team on Wed from 5:00-8:30pm there's no time to do the homework that day, and we try to get it all done Thurs after i pick her up from school. The thing is, she is a perfectionist and she's really slow at doing her homework and was up late at night yesterday working on it and then still had more to work on in the morning before school. And this year the there is much more homework than last year and it's a lot more difficult.
This is really getting stressful for me and her. She really loves being on team, but i think i'm going to have to pull her out and maybe put her in a recreational class and hope she doesn't lose her skills. I just know pulling her out is going to break her heart, it makes me sad. I want to see her succeed at what she loves, but we also have to find a good balance.
How do you all do it? Are you all stay at home parents? Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
-J
My daughter who is 9-1/2 years old and in 4th Grade, just started level 4 competitive team this september, but the team classes are 3.5 hours long - 3 times a week (MWF). I'm a single parent and work full time and so on the days i have her, I rush to pick her up and if she does not get her homework done at the after school care, then there is no time to do it. What's been happening is she gets a bunch of homework on Wed that's due Friday, and since we have team on Wed from 5:00-8:30pm there's no time to do the homework that day, and we try to get it all done Thurs after i pick her up from school. The thing is, she is a perfectionist and she's really slow at doing her homework and was up late at night yesterday working on it and then still had more to work on in the morning before school. And this year the there is much more homework than last year and it's a lot more difficult.
This is really getting stressful for me and her. She really loves being on team, but i think i'm going to have to pull her out and maybe put her in a recreational class and hope she doesn't lose her skills. I just know pulling her out is going to break her heart, it makes me sad. I want to see her succeed at what she loves, but we also have to find a good balance.
How do you all do it? Are you all stay at home parents? Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
-J