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Many well meaning parents who work from home set out to interest their children in a few extra curricular activities aside from school and ordinary family fun stuff. It’s natural to work hard to be the best parent that you can be. However, many parents so caught up in the chaos of ordinary busy life that they assume that scheduling their children for as many activities as possible is actually the best way to rear kids.

Realistically however, over-scheduling your children has the potential to impact your family in a negative way, preventing your child from enjoying quiet solitude and some occasional time to simply reflect on life and enjoy an ordinary, lazy day. Parents nowadays are excited to schedule their children for as many activities as possible, buy into the latest developmental tapes and do everything possible to stimulate early intellectual development and healthy habits. Not surprisingly, this pattern of over-scheduling can backfire, and leave kids exhausted, confused, discouraged and un-motivated. Sometimes it’s good to keep them at home, let them help around and even get them involved in some planning. Perhaps, get them excited about fixing the fireplace insert during winter time!

Remember in times of old scheduling activities was virtually unheard of. Parents traditionally have gone with the flow, encouraging their children to engage in active play as they see fit. Allow Your Children a Choice ñ you want to try as best as possible to select activities your children will enjoy. To do this you should consider one or two different activities and consult with your child. If you register them for soccer but they hate soccer, you will probably only end up frustrated, and your child will not benefit from the experience.

I find that I’m as busy as my son since he started grade one. In fact, I think I’m busier than him cos I have to help him with powerpoint presentations for his Show and Tell in the last eleven weeks! It’s a good thing that I’m working from home and I can assist him in his work. Sometimes I wonder how those other working parents can find time to find their kids in their assignments amidst their busy schedules.

Well, my son has been very blessed indeed and I hope he grows up to remember that. I was able to work on the presentation with him sitting next to me and it wasn’t my favourite part of the week. Sometimes I try to get creative and offer a few ideas but I have forgotten that he is still a young boy. I’m glad term one is almost over and I trust that he’s enjoyed it so far. I felt emotional when he didn’t have a good day with his teachers or friends and often pray that they will appreciate him more and accept him for who he is. I myself have so much to learn in the area of acceptance. I’m always reminded by friends that our children grow up very fast and it will be no time that they will be sending out graduation announcements and we will look back and smile at the journey.

I’m always so thankful that I can walk this journey as I work from home. It has been made possible because of today’s powerful technology. With that, I will tap the resources out there and maximize my parenting time with him.

My schedule has been full and busy since my son started grade one down under. I feel like I’m ‘going to school’ with him as I play a more pro active role as a work at home mom. It’s definitely helpful that I’m working from home since I tend to spend some time in the school every morning. I volunteer to help the class once a week and other times, I’m involving myself with other activities with other moms.

Some of his classmates have moms that work full time and I can see how much they yearn for their moms to come to class more often. This is definitely not possible for some families so I often remind my son to count his blessings that we can fetch him to and from school everyday. For without that, he would need to go on a school buy like some of his friends. Some of the moms I spoke to were hoping to find part time jobs that allow them to work short hours so that they can be in school to fetch their kids home. How they love to help with their daughters’ prom dresses when the school is organizing a party! Here in down under, many employers are very sympathetic towards working moms and that allows my moms to be out there working.

If given a choice, many moms would love a job that let them work from home. Freedom of time is much coveted by modern moms today who want to balance between work and family life. Hopefully there will be opportunities for working moms to maximize their potential yet retain this flexibility!