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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sister has three older kids. They were not intense about activities (kids did whatever gymnastics, dance, sports classes they wanted after school in elementary school, but my sister and her husband work so each kid did 1-2 things of their choice and they coordinated carpools or did activities on weekends.) as the kids entered middle and high school, they were on athletic teams and academic extracurriculars at their private school.

My oldest niece is a freshman at a top tier college (working hard pre-med), middle sibling is among top of their class in eleventh grade, and youngest is in middle school. They’re well adjusted, kind and hard working kids. [/quote]

confused by this post. you describe heavily scheduled kids, but you are saying they weren't heavily scheduled? these are not examples of under scheduled children. [/quote]

Well, is it about how underscheduled kids turn out when older? Because some of them turn out to like their activities enough to do them often. I'm the softball PP and saying that she was underscheduled when she was little, and now is medium-scheduled, but the point is that being underscheduled allowed her space to figure out her own interests, which she now pursues in a medium schedule.

I also think allowing adequate time for sleep and doing quality homework should not be considered "underscheduled". [/quote]

The title is asking about high school and beyond. I'm the PP with 3 kids and I will note that I didn't really answer the "how are they faring" question because I don't know yet. My oldest is in 7th. Have no idea how much busier high school orchestra or a varsity sport might make her feel. Have no idea what 4 APs in a single school year might be like and how that might play against private lessons in her sport. That sort of thing.[/quote]

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