Oh do I ever feel your pain!!! I don't have school aged dck's but my 4.5 year old son is home this week from school and after half a day I am already tearing my hair out! He is like a mini tornado ripping around and around the room causing problem after problem...everything is relatively calm when he is not here. This just reaffirms my decision not to do before and after care...I think I would be in an insane asylum if I had two of him! I love him dearly, but he has way too much energy and chooses to use it in a very annoying way Four more days...we can do it!