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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 2.5 year old, so naturally I am starting to pay more attention to kids/parents all around me. I am noticing that several people I know with quite young children (as young as 5!) are involved in what looks like all-consuming activities like volley ball, cheer, dance, etc. The tournaments associated with these activities are often 3 day weekends and involve missing school. The parents seem exhausted, and if there are younger siblings, they get short-changed by the family consumption. I hope that what I am writing is not offensive, it is just my observation. I assume that there are reasons people get involved in these activities. What are they?

Neither my husband nor I have any interest in being a part of this kind of thing because it would drain us and make us very cranky, but we also don't want to short-change our daughter or future children. We'd like to enrich our children by supporting their interests, is there any way to do that without getting sucked into to the degree described above?

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Your daughter is 2.5 relax Jan [/quote]

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