Originally Posted by JonLaw
Originally Posted by Bostonian
Originally Posted by aquinas
5. Parents who sensitively feed child-led learning are in no way damaging their children or causing them to lose out on childhood.

True, but I will make a stronger statement. When the schools fail to teach children at their level and parents make up for this by afterschooling, the schools, not the parents, are primarily responsible for the children having less free time. For example, my rising 6th grader is ready to study precalculus, but the school district won't do so for several more years. So he may have to take EPGY courses in addition to school math. I do not consider his vegetating mathematically for four years an acceptable option.

That makes the math class in school a form of free time.

I recommend napping during that time.

Except that, unless taking a nap was what you actually wanted to do with that time, it isn't exactly "free."

One thing that used to drive me nuts at school was that I never could fall asleep at my desk, no matter how badly I needed it (see the sound sensitivity above).