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In fourth grade!?! Damn, thats nuts. I went through school without taking my books home once. Not because Im some genius, but I just used the extra time in school to get shit done (usually the last 10-15 mins of class in HS was used to work on whatever we were doing on our own) I guess if thats not being given there is an hr or so everyday right there.

I feel like a kid is gonna learn work ethic on his/her own eventually, given that theyre raised in the right environment. Not sure they need to pound the books like that in fourth grade

i'll teach him work ethic. But i hear what Dave is saying

that's a lot for a grade 4 student. but im guessing that's over like 5-6 core classes, so 10 minutes a class isn't soo bad..

my grade 5 teacher made us do this like Japanese math, cause he was a dickhead, never used it again to this day, seemed kinda pointless.

nick wrote:that's a lot for a grade 4 student. but im guessing that's over like 5-6 core classes, so 10 minutes a class isn't soo bad..

my grade 5 teacher made us do this like Japanese math, cause he was a dickhead, never used it again to this day, seemed kinda pointless.

i never use anything i learned in school other then basic math.

doesn't mean its not useful.

I was reading something today that on average a parent has 1 hour a day of absolute, free time to do whatever they want with.

Thoughts from parents on if this is true or close? I guess asking in a video game football league is a bad population to poll.

If so, I may start rethinking this baby thing.

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Cnasty wrote:I was reading something today that on average a parent has 1 hour a day of absolute, free time to do whatever they want with.

Thoughts from parents on if this is true or close? I guess asking in a video game football league is a bad population to poll.

If so, I may start rethinking this baby thing.

on average it sounds about right

keep in mind it depends on your overall situation

how supportive/good is your wife? is she the take over type when u say, i gotta do what i gotta do for an hour or so or is she gonna be all over you to do baby stuff

or are you like me and actually wanna do the baby stuff

my youngest turns 6 this summer and she's almost at the age where she can entertain herself for a few hours without me feeling like im ignoring her or something

so the age on that study may be like 0-6 years old

but then again, once little league starts like aj has.....hour of homework a day....

..lol, yeah, hour sounds about right...and may be a bit generous

also, i dont think that includes time you subtract from sleep time

sounds about right

shel's having twins too, so basically he's going into some fucking time warp of unavailable time. Dude's gonna be redefining physics and shit

depends how regimented you are with kids bedtimes at that age.

Thats pretty crazy when you break it down.

I guess the free time we have now is allotted to family free time and stuff you enjoy doing as a family more so than yourself.

Cnasty wrote:Thats pretty crazy when you break it down.

I guess the free time we have now is allotted to family free time and stuff you enjoy doing as a family more so than yourself.

kids are in charge.

They really are, jeez.