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[quote=Anonymous]2 activities 3 days a week plus an instrument lesson and daily practice sounds like a lot, but I think it partly depends on what the kid would be doing otherwise. You say she wouldn't be watching TV or on screens but a lot of kids would, and in those cases "overscheduling" might be better. I had my kid following a similar schedule and thought it was fine because he loved it. We cut one activity out and he is much more creative and is better able to independently fill his time (and play with other kids in an unstructured way). Now he likes having downtime. When he was in that many activities, it didn't allow enough time for unstructured, child-led time especially as he doesn't have siblings around.[/quote]
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