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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t quite get why kids have to do so many activities. Most kids are not going to  be professional soccer players, swimmers, gymnasts..etc  our kids have a really long school day, shouldn’t they just get to come home and relax? Hang out with kids in the neighborhood and friends? Aren’t we just stressing ourselves out and our kids by signing them up for so many activities? I mean what’s the point? Or are we doing this for college applications? Our kids need unscheduled free time to decompress and be creative. Just my two cents..[/quote]

The only thing my child is required to do is swim lessons, that is a basic life skill. We ask him if he wants to do the after school activities and read them off. Most of the time he says yes and chooses one. Some sessions he does not. We ask him if he wants to play a sport and he says yes. We ask him if he wants to do Cub Scouts and he says yes.

He does say no, he only likes doing tennis when there is no baseball or basketball. He doesn’t have to do every Cub Scout activity but he asks to do most of them.

School requires sitting still and behaving for most of the day. He is a typical 7 year old with all the energy that comes with being 7. The activities allow him to burn off the energy and socialize with other kids.

He has 2-3 days free after school and most of the weekend.

His schedule is no different then mine was when I was his age. I liked being involved in different things. I still play tennis and softball. I love hiking and camping (some of which I did in Girl Scouts).

Each kid is different. I don’t judge parents who don’t enroll their kids in activities and I would ask that people respect the choices that we make.[/quote]

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