tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251891826295969285.post6645507875482224064..comments2023-11-20T06:02:20.009-05:00Comments on Dr. Maureen: Quick takes on a Tuesday because I'm crazy like thatDr. Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212098874323500022noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251891826295969285.post-82482856704672423982013-09-03T21:55:00.002-04:002013-09-03T21:55:00.002-04:00Wow full day Pre-K, glad she seems to be doing wel...Wow full day Pre-K, glad she seems to be doing well. Lisbeth starts Kindergarten next week which will also be full day.<br /><br />Yay for progress regarding parking ~ and reasonable soccer practices!!Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553760391176072177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251891826295969285.post-65296009278362705852013-09-03T21:50:36.799-04:002013-09-03T21:50:36.799-04:0090 minutes at dinner time? not happening. And with...90 minutes at dinner time? not happening. And with that age group? impossible. Was 2x a week for an hour. The 5:30 thing is probably because of families with two working parents so they can get the kid there.<br /><br />We used to call soccer at that age "herding elephants". The biggest thing they had to learn was to SPREAD OUT on the field, because otherwise there was this big mass of kids all kicking at the ball (and each other's legs). Whichever team learned to spread out and pass first will win at that age.<br /> Tracyhttp://www.terelina.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251891826295969285.post-985633737998387032013-09-03T21:41:00.957-04:002013-09-03T21:41:00.957-04:00Our VERY FEW encounters with team sports have show...Our VERY FEW encounters with team sports have shown me that sports are SHOCKINGLY DEMANDING. Three 2-hour practices a week, for example, for SECOND-GRADE CHEERLEADING. WHAT. (We were none of us involved in second-grade cheerleading. One of our friends was.)<br /><br />Or, like, at the middle school, we know families whose kids play softball. And it RUNS THEIR LIVES. Like, every weekend, all weekend, they do nothing but sit in the audience of softball games. They have to TAKE DAYS OFF OF WORK to go to games/practices.<br /><br />You may have picked up on this from my tone, but my opinion is that this is THE WRONG WAY FOR THINGS TO BE.Swistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13126937282657655091noreply@blogger.com