{"id":11071,"date":"2026-01-18T07:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T07:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?p=11071"},"modified":"2026-01-02T15:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:44:33","slug":"every-day-together-why-we-cherish-worldschooling-family-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?p=11071","title":{"rendered":"Every Day Together: Why We Cherish Worldschooling Family Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
When Michael and I look back on these years of worldschooling, one thing stands out again and again: we get to be with our kids \u00a0\u2014 truly with them \u2014 every single day. That\u2019s something most families simply don\u2019t experience in the same way.<\/div>\n
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Some days it feels like we never stop talking to each other, and other days we wonder if the quiet moments will be the ones we remember most. As worldschoolers, we\u2019ve made a life choice that allows us to spend a LOT of time together as a family.<\/div>\n
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When we think about how most families spend their time, the contrast is striking. In many traditional schedules with parents working full-time and kids in school plus activities, quality family time is often squeezed into small pockets. Surveys show that typical families might spend only about 37 minutes of \u201cquality time\u201d together per day during the week.<\/div>\n
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Surveys suggest that nearly half of U.S. parents spend five hours or more per week driving their children to school and activities \u2014 and some spend ten hours or more \u2014 the equivalent of a part-time job behind the wheel.<\/div>\n
These statistics are not too far off from what our schedule used to be when \u00a0Michael and I both worked full-time. Our commutes were 20-45 minutes each way, depending on traffic. Lucas and Henry were dropped off at school around 7 am every morning and often not picked up until 5 or 6 pm. After school, we drove them to soccer, baseball, and swimming lessons. Weekends were filled with soccer games, baseball games, birthday parties, playdates, shopping, and other errands that did not fit into the week.<\/div>\n
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So in that context, it hits us how lucky we are.<\/div>\n
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Worldschooling isn\u2019t just about seeing new places \u2014 it\u2019s about having time in our day to spend together:<\/div>\n