mo2 Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 do your kids interact with children outside your immediate family? Just trying to figure out if my daughter is really as socially deprived as she thinks she is. ;) Poll coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Monday dd(6) has music class for an hour, but it's fairly focused. Tuesday, choir, also fairly focused. About once a week we get together with another family for an outing. Saturday she does ballet, but again it is a busy class. Sunday is Sunday school, and she plays with the other kids after. She has a pre-school sister and a toddler brother home with her all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 At least 4, but usually 5 or 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I voted 3, but sometimes it's more. Regular interaction includes Cub Scouts, chess club, Sunday School. But they also have a monthly book club and Swim & Gym and other activities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassy Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 How old is she? DS10 goes out every day of the week, either to activities or to play with neighbour children. DS4 and DS7 only go out to activities 3 three days a week. I'm not comfortable with them going away from the house to play with other children in the neighbourhood at their age (it would involve them crossing roads and I wouldn't be able to see them from the house). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinivanMom Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I voted 4, but it's sometimes 5 or 6. My dd7 has ballet, gymnastics, park day, church, and the occasional playdate. My ds6 has soccer, gymnastics, park day, church, and the occasional playdate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigger Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 M - swim team T - cub scouts W - swim team and art class TH - play with friends F - swim team and/or play with friends Saturday and Sunday are wild cards, sometimes DS will get together with friends to play, sometimes not, so I voted 5 days a week since that's about average since sometimes he skips swim on Mondays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running the race Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I voted 5, but sometimes more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Normally 2- they are very full days! My very social dd 8 believes that it is not enough time! We live way out of town, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Usually four, but sometimes just three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 My son's regular schedule currently is: Monday -- Choir (two hours, including a 20-minute snack break during which they chat and play) -- Tap dance (one hour) Wednesday -- Show rehearsal (four hours, with a fair amount of down time when they are not working on their scenes). When that ends in a few weeks, he'll pick up another couple of hours of dance classes on Wednesday evenings. Thursday -- Lego robotics team (five or more hours, with lots of interaction while they are working and an hour-long lunch break with chatting and running and generally goofing off together) Saturday -- More show rehearsal (three and a half hours, including lunch break) So, I voted four days a week. However, this is the basics. He also volunteers at the science museum a couple of afternoons a month, usually on Sundays, during which time he is paired with another youth volunteer. They also take a dinner break, during which there is socializing. He's not participating in religious education at our church this year, but he still sees his friends from church fairly regularly. They come over one or two Sunday afternoons a month (when he's not at the science museum) and hang out for a few hours. We just had a group of them spend the night last Saturday. And, of course, if he ends up doing any community theatre next semester, all bets are off. They frequently rehearse four or five evenings a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I said three. I should have put four. LOL. Sun - church, Jr. High Awana Wed - Awana club Fri - Homeschool park day Sat - fencing lessons And at least 2-3 times during the week the kids will get outside and play with the neighborhood children (riding bikes, etc.) and we'll probably hit the park at least once. Probably 3x during the month there will be a field trip with other kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I voted 7, but it wasn't always that way. The family across the street has a daughter my son's age and a son a year older. Everyday, at least one of them comes over, and ds will go outside and toss a football, play basketball in the cul-de-sac, or take a bike ride. They've been there about 2 years. Before they moved in, I would have said anywhere between 2 and 4 days a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Dd goes to three dance classes on Mondays and Sunday school on Sundays. She also has friends that she plays with anywhere from every single day to 1-2 days a week depending on everyone's schedule. I'd average it out to about 3. Which is what I voted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I voted 6. We are involved in way too much, and we have kids over all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoshannon Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 6 and very other week it's 7. I wish it was less! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virg Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 1 or 2 days. We have a lot of special needs and I can't do more than that without going nuts. Back in Oregon they had lots of friends on the street and we daycare kids but here in Utah... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 We are usually out of the house two days a week, for co-op classes on Fridays and mass/religious education classes on Sundays. Oldest dd also has two other activities that meet once a month, so those weeks it would be three times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 2 or 3 days normally but it varies a lot. The last few weeks they have been playing with other kids nearly every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Varies with the time of year. During the traditional school year we have scheduled activities (church and sports) three days a week and other things fill in - field trips, library story time, playing at the park or with cousins. Mondays and Thursdays we are often home all day and it is lovely! During the summer we are at the pool 4-5x a week and church on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I voted 6. It's usually anywhere from 5-7. We have kids ranging from age 4 through teens living on our street and cousins who live right on our street, and my kids play with their friends and cousins most days after school, in addition to scheduled activities throughout the year, and field trips and gatherings with our homeschool group, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhomemaker Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I voted 7. We have a ton of kids in our neighborhood and it is very rare for a day to go by without my dc playing outside with a group of other kids. I would say the only days they don't see other kids are days with inclement weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Three is probably about average for us. They have PE two days a week and there is normally another day in there where they play with friends, take a class, go on a field trip... It's not ever week, but there are some weeks when it seems we're always out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelissaMinNC Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I voted 2, but I really needed an "other" option. :tongue_smilie: DD10 is 3x/week (and sometimes 4, if it's a scout week) DS6 and DS2 is 2x/week (but ds6 actually has 3 different activities, it's just that 2 of them fall on the same day. Gee, no wonder I'm tired - we do too much stuff.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelissaMinNC Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I voted 7. We have a ton of kids in our neighborhood and it is very rare for a day to go by without my dc playing outside with a group of other kids. I would say the only days they don't see other kids are days with inclement weather. Good grief, I forgot about the neighborhood kids who are always here. I'm chaning my vote to 7, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higginszoo Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Depends on the kid, but they're usually with other kids most days. Oldest has structured activities with other kids Sunday-Wednesday and Friday, second on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday (I'd love to find her one more, but the right fit has yet to appear). Neither of them have close neighborhood friends. Little guy has a homeschool religion class most weekdays down the street, and is often out with neighbor boys, as the block is heavy with boys in his age group. (He's an introvert, though, and will usually take a day or two and choose not to go out.) The little ones both have things on Wed-Thursday, and the littlest has a class on Monday nights. She also has a close friend (psed) a few doors down, who she plays with a couple of afternoons per week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoorsy Type Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 My kids play with the neighbors almost every day, which would make the number 7 days a week. Other than that, we have: Church on Sunday Co op and Cub Scouts on Monday and Church again on Thursday We also meet random kids through out the week at the library, park, zoo, or museums. We go to at least one of those a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Mon-Fri~ Boys&Girls Club, Mon~Basketball Tue~Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Brownies Wed~Kids Klub at church Thu~Basketball Sat~Games Sun~Girl Scouts, Youth Group, Sunday School They also just hang with local kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 2. Wednesday night is youth group, sunday is sunday school/church. Probably on average every other week we'll also do one of park day/visit/play-date/library story time/group violin practice etc. I do not think my children are deprived at all, they're normal happy kids. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 At least 4, sometimes 5. Mondays are co-op days. They also have gymnastics. Tuesdays Rebecca has gymnastics again. Two Tuesdays a month, they have AHG. Thursdays they have choir. Then at least once, sometimes twice a week, they go hit indoor play areas or the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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