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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Overscheduling threads are wild. I'm participating in one on the sports forum. Alot of ppl don't acknowledge it as a real thing [/quote]

I think almost everyone agrees that overscheduling is by definition bad.  However, the threshold for overscheduling is highly subjective. The folks on the sports board trying to impose their definition of overscheduling on every family are quite comical. [/quote]

I’d like to know where people draw the line. An activity per week day? Never having two activities on one day? Certain number of hours per week?[/quote]

It. Depends. Based. On. Family.

- Do you have religious committments that will take up time?
- Do you have more kids than parents and need to deconflict or rely on others to get your kids places? If you are relying on others, are you 100% sure they are willing? Sometimes they truly are and it's fine, sometimes they really aren't and it's not. Or even just 2 kids but you both want to regularly be at everything for each of them?
- Do you count after school clubs as an activity? Just music? Just sports? What about things like Girl Scouts or LEGO clubs? Is it different if the activity is at school than if you have to drive your kid there?
- What kinds of opportunities are available to your kid during the school day?
- Are your kid's activities going to collide such that you let a team down or make it pointless for a teacher to give your kid lessons because they can't practice in between?
- Does your kid's chosen activity or activities require a lot of work outside of team practices or lessons?
- How many opportunities are available at your kids' school to do things people might normally consider extracurricular?
- How much homework does your kid have? How fast are they at that homework?
- Do you like to have time to cook really nice meals? To always eat together? Do you as a family spend a lot of time maintaining your own home? Do you have help?
- Do you have local grandparents or aunts and uncles who can help out and make things feel easier?

I mean, I could go on and on. [/quote]

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