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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a fundamental misunderstanding around "overscheduling" is that sometimes we're talking about the individual kids and sometimes we're talking about families and parent schedules.

On dcum I think a huge portion of the "overscheduled" posts don't involve overscheduled kids. They involve families with 3 or more kids where both parents work. In a family like this you're kids could all do one fairly low commitment activity in elementary (say 1-2 days a week depending on age) and you will still be struggling with the logistics of it.

Also there are things other than activities that contribute to being overscheduled -- therapies for SNs or difficult school commutes. Those have to do with things outside your control or lifestyle and parenting choices that aren't about activities but about logistics.

We have one kid who I think is moderately scheduled (she both likes structure and downtime and we balance those needs) but we dont' feel overwhelmed. We've made some choices regarding our jobs and where we live that make a lot of things easier (walking commute to all schools and at least one parent is done with work by 4pm every day). The choice to only have one kid was also partly based on wanting to keep things fairly chill.[/quote]

You make a good point, but some parents freely admit they overschedule. They say they do it to avoid screen time to because they're kids might get into trouble ect.. same old reasons.[/quote]

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