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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's important for tweens and teens to socialize (in person) with friends.  If your tween/teen has so many structured activities that they don't have time to hang out and socialize with friends, then, yeah, they are probably overscheduled.

But folks seems to be suggesting that teens/tweens should also have swaths of time where they are alone with nowhere to go and have to come up with things to do.  And, I'm telling you, what tweens/teens do in that scenario -- if given the choice -- is text on group chats.  Vapid, ridiculous, eye-roll-level drama filled group chats.  [/quote]

For a lot of kids their friend group is in the structured activities with them. My DS plays on sports teams with friends and then even when they don’t have practices they want to get together and play pickup games and throw a ball around. My kid gets really bummed when a practice or game is rained out because he looks forward to playing his sport. He and his friends play sports at recess and talk about their play off games at school. Being on a team is social.

I’ve never really signed my kid up for activities that don’t involve friends. Even stuff like summer camps I generally organize with friends’ parents. [/quote]

I don't think anyone is saying that differebt friend groups are a problem, it can be a good thing. I think it's more of a what's better organized activities vs unstructured time. And then how much of each. Activities are great, but how much is too much?[/quote]

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