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Posted By ronitbaras 3 weeks, 6 days ago in Family
This morning, as I was taking my 8-year-old daughter Noff to school, I told her, "Today is a very short day. I will pick you up at 3". As I said that, I realized it was funny how leaving home at 8:15am and being picked up at 3pm qualifies as a short day. You see, in Australia, "normal" kids study 5 days a week from 9am to 3pm, but for our family, this is a very short (and rare) day. Our kids are very busy. They have so many extra-curricular activities they hardly ever have a regular day like everyone else. Even between 9am and 3pm, while they are at school, their days are full of things most kids do not do. Our 14-year-old son Tsoof starts 3 days a week somewhere around 7:15am. 4 times a week, he finishes around 4:45pm and twice a week, his lunch breaks is taken over by guitar lessons and rehearsals for Choir or Brass Ensemble. Our 8-year-old daughter Noff starts at 9am nearly every day, but 3 times a week, she finishes between 4pm and 5pm. One day a week, she also sings in a choir in the afternoon and gets back home at 6:45pm. Twice a week, her lunch break is taken over by Dance and Choir rehearsals. Today, however, all of my kids' afternoon activities were canceled. You are probably saying to yourself, "Poor busy kids", right!?
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Life coach and motivational speaker living in Brisbane, Australia. Running parenting classes and workshops on personal development, cultural diversity and language.
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