Poll: How active are your children after school
September 9, 2008 by Grace Ibay
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
These days, most children have some form of after-school activity, whether it’s sports or athletics, a part-time job, or some advance lessons or hobbies. However, my neighborhood kids are quite different. They just hang out in one of the homes or cul de sac and enjoy the afternoon sun.
I would like to ask readers of Kids Health Notes about your family’s after-school activities. What does your child do after school? Please take the poll below. If you have several children, please answer with your oldest child in mind. Thanks!
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My oldest is in grade school and comes right home and does his homework. He then plays, either on the computer or outside, depending on the weather.
My oldest does homework right away and 3 times a week she has soccer practice, one time a week is CCD and Mondays is Girl Scout
My son generally stays up to two hours after school to practice sports.
My oldest is in grade school. Homework is first, then if we don’t have a planned activity, she is usually playing with friends outside.
My oldest is 9, in 4th grade.
My daughter does her homework right away and she had soccer practice twice a week. Gymnastic cheerleading practice twice a week. She’s just turned 7 yrs old and is in grade school
My daughter comes home after school and usally has algebra homework. She’s thirteen and in eighth grade.
My oldest is in 7th grade. He does his HW right after school. Thanks for a great contest!
My son plays with local kids in the neiborhood after school. He’s 5, in Kindegarden
My kids love sports and live for basketball season
My oldest does his chores then goes skateboarding for a few hours-15 yo. My 11 yo does chores and homework.
My two girls are 13 and 14, they usually turn on the tv and do their homework with it on. Not the best way to get it done.
My daughter just turned 16. She usually gets on the computer for awhile then watches tv or goes to bed.
My two girls (11 and 12) come home from school and do their homework right away.
Takes a nap & preschool!
My oldest is 9 and she does her homework right away because she usually has basketball practice or something else she wants to do!
My oldest son turns 13 today! After school he really needs some downtime and most days play with kids in the neighborhood.
The poll really doesn’t accurately show how active kids are after school.The title is “How active are your children after school.”
I voted that my child does homework right away.
Well, we get the work out of the way so they can spend the rest of the evening playing with friends, riding bikes or whatever else they’re interested in. (We have a Wii, but it’s put away and only brought out for family nights.)
I have quite an age spread in my kids. My teenager dances with a ballet company and has a job. Life is hectic!
My daughter is 5 years old. Ater she gets home from daycare she spends time with her grandparents until I pick her up. Her time with them icludes anything from playing golf to going to the library to watching tv.
I have a 16 nearly 17 year old stepson, sometimes I wish he wasn’t so active. Monday night Music, Tuesday night lessons…. daily after school 2 hours of track practice and currently participating in the school play. To bad they didn’t have a all of the above
My oldest is a teen, and after school several days a week he has guitar lessons. He is also in ROTC, and in Armed drill, that practice is in the mornings before school.
homework comes first then he can go out to play with friends- he is in 5th grade
My 7 yr old son usually plays with the neighbor kids as soon as they all get off the bus! My 5 yr old DD joins in the fun as she gets home from kindergarten hours earlier and is ready for fun!
My oldest is 8, and is homeschooled. He is always involved in a sports league (soccer, baseball…), and in between seasons he takes art or music lessons.
My oldest son is 17 and he plays videogames right after school but first he eats a snack. (Snack wasn’t one of the choices though.)
My oldest is very involved with soccer and we are very busy all year.
My oldest in school is 15 and because they have to catch the bus so early (6am and don’t start school till 7:55) she is really tired when she gets home so she takes a nap then does her homework.
Myeleven year old has to start her homework right after school to be able to get it all done. In the evening she plays outside with her Dad or tumbles on her tumbling mat. She also plays Wii with her Dad and they work up a sweat.
My oldest is in gradeschool (5th) and plays outside with the kids first after school before it gets dark.
My oldest who is in 4th grade (gradeschool) does homework right when she gets home so she won’t forget.
My son comes home and plays with his neighborhood friends after school. He is grade school age (kindergarten).
Homework straight away!
Teen: Has sports, games or practices.
My son is a teen and plays basketball, biking, skateboarding, and football with the neighborhood boys almost every day after school.
My son is a teen. He usually plays his video games after school until tennis season rolls around. That is his only sport so far. When the weather is cooler he plays outside with the neighbor kids after school. He usually doesn’t have homework.
My oldest is in High School
she comes home and does her homework and then chills out watching TV or listening to music
Thanks for the contest
My daughter is in gradeschool (2nd). She does homework after school and then after supper always wants to go play soccer, she has practice once a week and brownies happens to be on that same night.
My oldest just started preschool. He does “homework” when he gets home. Usually an art project or just reviewing the day’s lesson.
My teen does homework right after school. Thanks!
My teen takes a nap. He catches the bus very early in the am. At least he’s not sleeping in class.
Does homework right away – I have a teenager. thanks.
Does homework right away-5th grade
My son generally does his homework right after school, because if we wait to long he gets busy with other things and doesn’t feel like going back to work. He is a first grader.