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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My neighborhood is a ghost town.  There are never kids out playing.  They are all in after-care or structured activities every freaking day.

Weekends should be parents mowing/gardening/socializing while kids play, ride bikes, use their imaginations and get super dirty.  Now parents think it is normal to pay other people to do the mowing/gardening so they can spend more money being a chauffeur for a zillion activities including "invite everyone to an impersonal birthday party 20min away" and "year round club sports that are a must for getting into college."  And lets not forget all the tutors, piano lessons, day camps, sat prep courses and so forth.  I feel bad for all of our kids.  They know little independence and have no freedom to use their brains, imagination and critical thinking skills.  It just seems like from birth the goal is to mold them into someone ready for college and adulthood.  And we wonder why teen suicides are on the rise.  They can not handle criticisms, they don't want to be held accountable for anything, they were groomed to believe they were perfect. They have zero interpersonal skills and street smarts and are little balls of stress.  It sucks.  [/quote]

You have zero idea what those kids are doing much of the time.  For example, my kids have heavy extra curricular activities...but:  are up early daily and play for two hours before school (Lego building, forts, art, read, hide and seek).  My kids typically go on bike rides numerous times per week, play outside 5+ days a week! have play dates, and have lots of downtime.  We cut out all screen time on most days and that freed up lots of time.  My kids also do well in school AND in their various teams because of the work they put into them.[/quote]

I think your defensive post just showed that you are over-scheduled.  Exhausted just reading it.

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Not defensive about my choices at all.  I'm simply explaining that kids with lots of activities also have tons of downtime if there isn't screen time.  [/quote]

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