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It’s summer! And we all know what that means—endless hours of making the difficult choice between transporting our children to activities, or listening to them complain about how bored they are. Although I love not having to wake up as early as usual, making daily lunches and snack, and supervising homework, summers in our family no longer look like the hazy, lazy days of summer that I remember from my youth.
This morning, I spent 4-1/2 hours in the car, transporting children—and I only have two children. (Plus a foreign exchange student who’s staying with us for a few weeks.) I marveled at the number of miles I put on my car in that short amount of time, especially when there were no school dropoffs or pickups, and zero carpools to dance, baseball, or swim team. Instead, it was carpooling to Star Wars camp, picking up from a sleepover, doctors appointment, dropping off at a friend’s pool, and picking up from Star Wars camp.
Most days this week, I have been lucky if I was finally able to sit down and start working mid-afternoon—which then means work extends into the night. One day, it was actually 5:00 before I could sit down and focus on my “real” jobs.
I’ve heard this from so many of my mom-friends, I started wondering if dads are feeling the same?
So we at The Good Men Project want to hear from you, dads! How have your weekdays changed now that the kids are home for the summer? Are you scrambling, trying to keep on top of work while managing all of the kids’ activities?
Do you have text strings a mile long with your partner and other neighborhood families, trying to figure out which kids are going to morning swim team practice and which ones are going to night swim team practice—and which parents will share driving duties today? Because we have certainly joked about that in our neighborhood.
Or, if you work in an office, do your workdays remain pretty much the same—but then you have dive right in at home as soon as you get there, shuttling kids to and from? We want to hear what you are loving—and not loving—about having your kids home for the summer! Share your personal experiences with us!
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