Hi M. W,
I have four children and raised them all while my husband supported all of us. I have a schedules routine with my four children when they're growing up. I always drop them off to school and picking them up in school. We have to used our time wisely since they're all in boy scout and girl scout. I am stay home mom, I usually pick them up and then I have four table for each one of them to do homework or projects, at the same time, they're have snacks and drink waiting for them to have while they're doing their homework. I always reminds them to work first before play. After they finished their homework, they can do what they like to do. all of my four children has things to do extra like curricular activities and boy scout,girl scout. That's why they can accomplish things because I monitor them doing their priority work is homework. Four of my children are musical talent and art. But I challenge them to experience different kinds of activities that they enjoyed doing it. My 25 yrs old daughter is married and had 19 mths daughter is gifted child,honor student and played 5 musical instruments in a school band, played soccer goalie and traveled to Hawaii to competite, joined musical choir and traveled to Florida to competite, good in art also. My 21 yrs old son is played clarinet in a school band, joined in boy scout,and loved art. He lived and studied in NY with game and video designer. He is a soccer player also. My third daughter is 16 yrs old and already in Junior College. She is gifted child,Honor Student,played 5 musical instruments,joined the high school Marching Band, they traveled within Southern California and competite, they traveled to Europe this past summer and went to Spain,Southern France,Monaco,Southern Italy,Switzerland,Germany then we went to England for one week to visit family. She is also in girl scout and right now I am her Co-leader in her girl scout troop group and we are working in her Gold Award Application. My youngest son is 14 yrs old, freshman in high school, also in a Drumline, traveled and competite, boy scout. All four of them has also a private music lesson at my home once a week for an hour, my 21 yrs old goes to an art class twice a week because he loved art so much. Every school vacations, we traveled to Asia, Costa Rica, Europe, Alaska, Washington D.C. NY. We took our children to skiing and snow boarding. I hope you won't mind if I share with you how I raised and guide my four children when they're growing up. All of them also has a bedtime at around 8:30 pm and they're up at 6 am in the morning to get ready and have breakfast. All of the hard work that I input with my four children pays off right now because they're doing well in schools. I believe that mother is such a very important role in children life and growing up because we are the one who will influence them how to be successful in life. But each mother has a different way of raising and guiding their children, which I respected that.
Good luck and work,sacrifice now and it will help you later in life.
Regards,
A.