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[quote=Anonymous]I think that one of the signs that a kid is overscheduled is that they don't use downtime well.  Sometimes, I will hear parents say that their kid does better with lots of activities, because they don't know what to do when they are home alone, or they always revert to screens, or they complain about being bored, or they are annoying.  But all of those things are, in my experience, signs that a kid is missing the skills that downtime develops.  And yes, some kids will develop those skills more slowly, or need more support.  But downtime is like reading, IMO.  If your kid wasn't good at reading, and didn't do it spontaneously, and constantly complained that it was boring, and made mistakes while doing it, you wouldn't see that as a sign that they needed less reading.  You'd see it as a sign that they needed more reading, and you'd be very intentional about structuring the time they spent on reading.

On the other hand, there are also kids who are great at downtime, and ask for it.  Those kids can end up overscheduled too![/quote]

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