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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid does a travel sport, a rec sport, scouts, and plays an instrument. I’m sure to some people that seems over scheduled. But my kid isn’t in aftercare. One thing I’ve noticed is that no one seems to blink if a kid spends an extra 8-10 hours/week (e.g. from 3:30 -5/5:30 M-F) in an after school program. I don’t see how 3 nights/week of organized sports practice is that much more (most practices are 1 hour-90 min and a short drive or walk from our house).

Music lesson is every other week for 45 min with kid-led practice when he feels like it (he is self motivated so we never have to make him do it). Scouts is maybe a 1-2 meetings/month plus an occasional activity. Even with all this my kid still gets a few hours per week of free play with neighbors and video game time, reads for 30 min before bed, and has a at least 2-3 other activities with friends per month like play dates, birthday parties, sleepovers, etc.

I feel like my kid has so much leisure time that it’s easy to fit in tons of stuff. But I am done working by 3:30 and can help coordinate activities. I can imagine it would be much harder if we weren’t even home from work until 5:30/6 each night.[/quote]

What a loser [/quote]

Wow something must have really triggered you to care enough to make this response. [/quote]

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