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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone says it's bad for kids to have too many structured extracurriculars, but why? My kid does two activities 3 days a week each and I don't see what's wrong with it. She loves the activities and isn't ready to choose between them yet. She also does an instrument that has a lesson once a week and she practices every day. When she's not at her activities she's having unstructured play -- she doesn't watch tv or have an iPad.

Is there any actual research that says having lots of activities is bad for kids? [/quote]

That actually seem to bad to me, does she have free play time and unstructured play? If so, then thats good. It's when kids have no free time or unstructured time at all, then it's an issue.[/quote]

I don’t understand how she could have much free unstructured time during the week if she has 6 activity meetings per week, plus a lesson, plus daily practice. Unless she has a late bedtime and zero homework. Maybe she doesn’t do any activities on Saturday and Sunday? But most sports have weekend games. [/quote

You're right, when i first read the comment it didnt seem too bad, upon rereading it, it sounds like alot.[/quote]

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