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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old are your kids?

Ours are 3 and 6. We sign them up for minimal stuff and usually do it as aftercare when possible. We almost never do play dates but my kids have plenty of friends at school and they hang out after school on the playground a lot. They have a lot of peers who have 2-4 things going on each weekend. The parents also have demanding careers and big expenses ($2M homes, multiple cars, big trips, etc.) and they always seem so tapped out — no wonder. I have no idea why people choose to live like that because none of them seem at peace with anything in their lives. I realize as kids get older they will do more, but my weekend is pretty sacred so until they are doing club ball, we don't sign them up for anything. That's family chill time.[/quote]

That's all very easy to do when your kids are 3 and 6, but see the posts earlier about middle school.  Eventually you may find that your six year old is passionate about dance, or your three year old wants to join the junior symphony as a trumpist.  Are you really going to say no to preserve your weekends?  And get ready because that one activity your child is passionate about - that colleges by the way would look very favorably upon - requires going 2-3 times a week, and now you are doubling that for two kids.  
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