These are times when individuals complete work or hobbies on their own without an adult helping them and indicating when tasks are completed. These empowers one to take ownership of their learning journey, honing effective time management, sharpen focus and attention, prioritization, responsibility and thus set them up to acquire essential skills and explore their interests.

They also allow for personalized attention to work or other’s including other siblings and caregiver(self). This individualized support alleviates constant supervision thus allowing for all parties to get some much-needed productive alone time.