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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s tough with sports but kids do it so they might have better advice.

My advice - don’t do everything at once. What season does your son play his sports? Could he devote more time to his leadership activities in the off-season?[/quote]

It's EXTREMELY difficult. And I worry about my kid doing too much. It's almost like they have to choose between things, even when they have multiple interests (like mine does). And it sucks. [/quote]

And I'll note that the coaches and teacher advisors don't help. Everything is "this activity needs to be the priority and if it's not you won't [letter/get credit/ be permitted to participate]." There's VERY little flexibility to allow kids to try different things, or recognize some kids have an interest but may not want to dedicate themselves full time to the Green Club or other clubs, and then they get spread way too thin. This is the time to try things! And yet they can't do it.[/quote]

In their defense,  I think some kids are flaky and they need to take a hard line in order for their activity to succeed in any way and get off the ground.

The issue is how over the top demanding sports have gotten for kids this age.  It's an arms race and everyone feels like they have to do it to compete.  Even where they feel forced to specialize and do one sport.  In our day, the best athletes all were multi-sport.  Very few kids were playing the same sport in a formal manner year-round to the exclusion of all else.[/quote]

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