Am I doing enough...

[TiredTuftyTeddy]

I have a DS 5, who is in Yr 1.

The working week is us all at work/ school. Evenings are playtime, homework, walks, reading etc.

Currently DS doesn't do any after school activities. He's tired from school and I feel home time with mummy and daddy is important.

On a weekend, we go out to visit family or days out to the coast, museums, adventure parks etc.

Should I be doing more in terms of extra curricular activities? Should I be inviting friends for tea after school or play dates on a weekend. I never know if I'm doing the right thing and want to make sure we are all getting the best of both worlds so to speak.

Any suggestions welcome.

Thank you

What time does he get home from school? If he's home straight after school each day you might want to schedule one or two play dates a month?

Does he do swimming lessons? If he doesn't do anything else I would start those

What does he think? Has he expressed an interest in any clubs or hobbies? Has he been invited on playdates or met up with friends at the park?

I'd say a few playdates or meet ups are probably a good idea to help him develop friendships and have those longer and one to one or smaller group periods of play, but even that depends on what suits your child.

If he doesn't want to do activities yet, I'd personally not be bothered about that for a bit, other than starting swimming by about six.

Thank you for the replies.

He's home quickly as we are close to the school, so home 15:45 ish. He likes to chill out a bit and have a snack when we get home, but he's not really bothered about clubs. Dad often takes him on a bike ride, or we have a friend over.

Parties at weekends, spends a lot of time with his cousins who are all close in age. Maybe he's just tired from school and happy to spend some time with us when he's done.

I'll try a bit harder with the play dates so he has more contact with his classmates, I have actually made some arrangements since my last post for the half term with friends. It's just hard when we are all tired from the working week/ school week. So Sunday's are going to be play date day!

I'm currently googling swimming lessons, thanks 🙏

On all the years that mine were in Primary I don't think I was ever once invited to a play date on a Sunday. I doubt I would have gone anyway as it was the only day we ever got as a family. Must he a regional or probably class thing.

Really? We have often met up on either day, whichever is the least busy family wise.

What do you mean by a class thing?

We might be more of a working class area where play dates with school friends happen in the week or occasionally Saturday and Sundays are for family?