Is this too many activities for a 6 year old?

[Anonymous]

For me, yes, that's too much. My 6 year old DD does 2 dance classes (but on the same weeknight) and soccer on Saturday (practice and game on same day).

That's all I really care to do, just because I'm the one that has to take her to dance. DH comes to soccer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Only child?

Only child with hyper activity and overwhelmed mother. Clearly. I’m also guess she doesn’t work or works very part time. (Np)

I don't see why this is necessary. I am not OP, but i work full time. I have two kids. My kids are in a lot of activities. I work from 6am-230pm so we can do the activities. We just like being busy.

You just don’t like entertaining your kids at your house (or gasp! letting them learn to entertain themselves.)

[Anonymous]

It might be a lot of exposure in the context of a pandemic. I enrolled my son in 1 TaeKwonDo class last spring, and within 2 months we got a call from the instructor that there was a kid in his class who had tested positive for COVID. In-person school had just reopened, and my kid was at home quarantining. It was awful.

[Anonymous]

If your child enjoys it all, then it’s not too much.

[Anonymous]

AIM. Necessarily. Every parents has boundaries on activities and their kids. Just because the kids enjoy it doesn't mean it's good for them. You wouldn't say spending hours in front of a screen is ok because the kid enjoys it would you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I personally don't think it's too much for a child. I DO think it's too much for a parent. My kids could be in activities 24hrs a day and be happy. 1hr of sports a day is not much all else being equal.

Agree. I wouldn’t want to do this to myself, but my kid would love it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I personally don't think it's too much for a child. I DO think it's too much for a parent. My kids could be in activities 24hrs a day and be happy. 1hr of sports a day is not much all else being equal.

Agree. I wouldn’t want to do this to myself, but my kid would love it.

I personally go for a run while they are in the activity so it’s a win win but if your a couch potato it would be a lot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally don't think it's too much for a child. I DO think it's too much for a parent. My kids could be in activities 24hrs a day and be happy. 1hr of sports a day is not much all else being equal.

Agree. I wouldn’t want to do this to myself, but my kid would love it.

I personally go for a run while they are in the activity so it’s a win win but if your a couch potato it would be a lot.

Please. OP is going to read on her phone while getting a break from her kid who is “high energy.”

[Anonymous]

Just more context - with Karate, we are in a little dojo community - honestly it is the first activity I'd drop but it's probably his favorite. We also have a little friend group from there.

Dance - he did a week of hip hop camp and loved it. Dance seems like a fun skill to have even in adulthood, so I signed him up.

Parkour - This would be a new one for us. DS is pretty terrible at all things climbing, and I have seen him get left out on the playground before bc he cannot keep up with the other kids, so I thought this might help him.

Soccer - it is not league. It's through a private group that organizes lessons at various parks around the area. So it's our same little group and it only meets once weekly, and I am friends with all the parents and we often do something social after. There are no games besides games they play against each other.

Flag football - I thought I'd give this a shot to give DS some exposure to a league/competitive sport. A friend of mine does it with her kids and she says the kids really enjoy themselves. I also like that the practice and the game are on the same day, so it's only a 1x week commitment. DH is deployed but even when he is in town he is not much of a "throw the football around" guy, so I thought DS might benefit from learning the game a little since it's so big here.

I work very much full time btw, not sure why that matters but someone said something upthread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just more context - with Karate, we are in a little dojo community - honestly it is the first activity I'd drop but it's probably his favorite. We also have a little friend group from there.

Dance - he did a week of hip hop camp and loved it. Dance seems like a fun skill to have even in adulthood, so I signed him up.

Parkour - This would be a new one for us. DS is pretty terrible at all things climbing, and I have seen him get left out on the playground before bc he cannot keep up with the other kids, so I thought this might help him.

Soccer - it is not league. It's through a private group that organizes lessons at various parks around the area. So it's our same little group and it only meets once weekly, and I am friends with all the parents and we often do something social after. There are no games besides games they play against each other.

Flag football - I thought I'd give this a shot to give DS some exposure to a league/competitive sport. A friend of mine does it with her kids and she says the kids really enjoy themselves. I also like that the practice and the game are on the same day, so it's only a 1x week commitment. DH is deployed but even when he is in town he is not much of a "throw the football around" guy, so I thought DS might benefit from learning the game a little since it's so big here.

I work very much full time btw, not sure why that matters but someone said something upthread.

Not sure why people bother to ask questions on here if they are just going to do what they want to do anyway. Most people think this is too much. But it doesn’t matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just more context - with Karate, we are in a little dojo community - honestly it is the first activity I'd drop but it's probably his favorite. We also have a little friend group from there.

Dance - he did a week of hip hop camp and loved it. Dance seems like a fun skill to have even in adulthood, so I signed him up.

Parkour - This would be a new one for us. DS is pretty terrible at all things climbing, and I have seen him get left out on the playground before bc he cannot keep up with the other kids, so I thought this might help him.

Soccer - it is not league. It's through a private group that organizes lessons at various parks around the area. So it's our same little group and it only meets once weekly, and I am friends with all the parents and we often do something social after. There are no games besides games they play against each other.

Flag football - I thought I'd give this a shot to give DS some exposure to a league/competitive sport. A friend of mine does it with her kids and she says the kids really enjoy themselves. I also like that the practice and the game are on the same day, so it's only a 1x week commitment. DH is deployed but even when he is in town he is not much of a "throw the football around" guy, so I thought DS might benefit from learning the game a little since it's so big here.

I work very much full time btw, not sure why that matters but someone said something upthread.

Not sure why people bother to ask questions on here if they are just going to do what they want to do anyway. Most people think this is too much. But it doesn’t matter.

No. most people with active kids think it’s okay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally don't think it's too much for a child. I DO think it's too much for a parent. My kids could be in activities 24hrs a day and be happy. 1hr of sports a day is not much all else being equal.

Agree. I wouldn’t want to do this to myself, but my kid would love it.

I personally go for a run while they are in the activity so it’s a win win but if your a couch potato it would be a lot.

Please. OP is going to read on her phone while getting a break from her kid who is “high energy.”

Or read a book, or meditate, or go for a walk, or keep up with friends.

Anything besides become part of her couch.

Why are people in such a hurry to sit in their a$$.

[Anonymous]

You must not have a job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just more context - with Karate, we are in a little dojo community - honestly it is the first activity I'd drop but it's probably his favorite. We also have a little friend group from there.

Dance - he did a week of hip hop camp and loved it. Dance seems like a fun skill to have even in adulthood, so I signed him up.

Parkour - This would be a new one for us. DS is pretty terrible at all things climbing, and I have seen him get left out on the playground before bc he cannot keep up with the other kids, so I thought this might help him.

Soccer - it is not league. It's through a private group that organizes lessons at various parks around the area. So it's our same little group and it only meets once weekly, and I am friends with all the parents and we often do something social after. There are no games besides games they play against each other.

Flag football - I thought I'd give this a shot to give DS some exposure to a league/competitive sport. A friend of mine does it with her kids and she says the kids really enjoy themselves. I also like that the practice and the game are on the same day, so it's only a 1x week commitment. DH is deployed but even when he is in town he is not much of a "throw the football around" guy, so I thought DS might benefit from learning the game a little since it's so big here.

I work very much full time btw, not sure why that matters but someone said something upthread.

Did your child have a choice in any of these activities, or did you just sign him up? Because for a kid who isn't good at climbing, I think Parkour is setting him up to be miserable. He might hate it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just more context - with Karate, we are in a little dojo community - honestly it is the first activity I'd drop but it's probably his favorite. We also have a little friend group from there.

Dance - he did a week of hip hop camp and loved it. Dance seems like a fun skill to have even in adulthood, so I signed him up.

Parkour - This would be a new one for us. DS is pretty terrible at all things climbing, and I have seen him get left out on the playground before bc he cannot keep up with the other kids, so I thought this might help him.

Soccer - it is not league. It's through a private group that organizes lessons at various parks around the area. So it's our same little group and it only meets once weekly, and I am friends with all the parents and we often do something social after. There are no games besides games they play against each other.

Flag football - I thought I'd give this a shot to give DS some exposure to a league/competitive sport. A friend of mine does it with her kids and she says the kids really enjoy themselves. I also like that the practice and the game are on the same day, so it's only a 1x week commitment. DH is deployed but even when he is in town he is not much of a "throw the football around" guy, so I thought DS might benefit from learning the game a little since it's so big here.

I work very much full time btw, not sure why that matters but someone said something upthread.

Not sure why people bother to ask questions on here if they are just going to do what they want to do anyway. Most people think this is too much. But it doesn’t matter.

No. most people with active kids think it’s okay.

Well I guess the point is that it doesn't matter if its okay for someone else's kid or not. It only matters if it works for OP and her kid. This would be way too much driving/stimulation/changing clothes/transition time for my kids at that age. They would be looking longingly at the kids on the street riding bikes and scooters as I schlepped them to yet another "activity." It would also be way too much driving and killing time for me. It doesn't sound like any of these activities would allow OP to go home in between. But the best thing for OP to do is just...do it, and she'll see for herself.

Parents of young only children are precious.