I think this "make busy" aspect of life is a commie tactic to put pressure on the family.
Its insane the schedules for kids activities follow and since covid its only gotten worse.
In my day kids sports were pretty much independent of parents.
My baseball team gave me a full season schedule on a tri folded card stock paper that we wore in our hats to keep the front of the hat standing tall.
We knew when practices were and where as well as what time. All events were in town.
Events took into account family shit and the possibility that families actually do shit together.....nothing scheduled on holiday weekends and by 12pm Saturday games were done so families could do other shit.
Last weekend, Memorial Day, my daughter had shit two out of three days.....a state away.
Practices are towns away forcing parents to drive. I used to slip my glove over my handle bars and pedal to practice or games.
Im in the shithouse because yesterday was my wifes birthday. I called her earlier in the week from work and said "Im taking sunday off, Ill cook breakfast, we will go to the beach for the day and than go out to dinner for your birthday." The answer....
"Cant Shelby has soccer in CT"
Okay...see ya!
The view my son and I had yesterday...
My barrel age Manhattan I had at dinner was fantastic.
Im tired of the shit.
Fuck the kids school is closing early today...why?
Its going to be 90 degrees.
My son laughed when they sent the message out on our ride home last night "Too hot for school".
They dont care that a lot of families are now wondering how they are going to work today because the kids are being let out at 1100. My kids being older will fend for themselves but families with young kids are fucked.
The school dept doesnt care though - teachers will get paid for a full day, no stress there - but tax paying families are left without service and burning a vac day. More stress on families.
and its all by design....increase family stress, increase broken marriages, increase government dependence.
Cloward and Piven for the family.