When my son is at home, he wants to be on the computer. The computer is the default mode for just about anything these days, from socializing and playing to drawing and writing.
If he's in after care at school or going to a wildlife or farm camp during the summer, he's running around outdoors, exploring, doing creative play and having deep, face-to-face conversations with other kids--the kinds of activities that were the default mode for kids two decades ago.
So, I often feel like his "scheduled" time is some of his best unstructured time. Like I am now paying for him to have the "boring" but incredibly important experiences that used to come for free.
When someone told me recently how good their kids have it because they have lots of time at home, I reflected on how lucky my son is that I pay for him to leave it.
