Before having kids I thought EXACTLY as you do....
But its hard to explain exactly how difficult this is, and how little time discretionary time you have, especially if you have more than one child under five, and I have 3.
I'm not trying to avoid responsibility, but for example there are days when I really have to go to the bathroom at 5:00pm, and that just can't happen until 8:30 when I get them to bed. Also "Word Party" is as about as educational as a 2 year old can handle and assists in learning the alphabet.
And I think letting them watch educational programs during our commute the best use of that time I can think of. There isn't really a lot of cool science toys for when they are in a car seat.
But its hard to explain exactly how difficult this is, and how little time discretionary time you have, especially if you have more than one child under five, and I have 3.
I'm not trying to avoid responsibility, but for example there are days when I really have to go to the bathroom at 5:00pm, and that just can't happen until 8:30 when I get them to bed. Also "Word Party" is as about as educational as a 2 year old can handle and assists in learning the alphabet.
And I think letting them watch educational programs during our commute the best use of that time I can think of. There isn't really a lot of cool science toys for when they are in a car seat.