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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Free play is all fun and games until middle school. Then the kids with no activities have nothing to do and it’s downhill from there. [/quote]

Yep, those are the kids who get in trouble. Just hanging around with nothing to do at those ages leaves lots of time for drugs and sex. I saw it among other kids growing up, saw it among kids in the same grade with my kids over the years.

Idle hands and all that. 
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A full academic course load at a pressure cooker school is a whole activity unto itself. You must send your kids to weak schools. Nobody at my kid's school has time for 3 sports, basketweaving, and barbershop quartet practice. [/quote]

Most private schools of a high caliber are requiring a sport unless you substitute that block of time in the schedule with something like robotics or drama.  It’s an expectation, not an extra, and it’s geared towards college placement.  They aren’t producing kids who are JUST excellent students.[/quote]

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