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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That amount of activities is perfectly normal for some kids and way too much for others.  Your DW may be trying to keep up with what others are doing.  If some of the activities are a full year commitment, you may have to wait until the next sign-up period.  From a cost and time perspective, activities are only worthwhile if the kid is getting alot out of it.[/quote]

You think 12hrs a week of extra activities can be perfectly normal for a 10yr old?  Do kids ever have time to do their own things or do Mommies have to structure their entire lives??  I feel bad for kids these days with their pushy parents trying to rationalize 4-7 activities and countless hours of things they aren't even that interested in. I look around our ghost town of a neighborhood and am so happy I am not a kid these days.  I have a lot more memories of the games we played and created, than any sport or music lesson I took. [/quote]

Don't be so critical.  My kid did that at 10, and he was the impetus behind it (ok, not hebrew, but too bad on that one).  Perhaps a little less judgment is appropriate?  He was happy.  And if he hadn't been, I would have made changes.  I was not particularly scheduled, and I feel the loss that I don't even have passable skills in any sport, and I wish I could play piano enough to amuse myself.  I do remember a lot of time watching  the brady bunch, and that was definitely time wasted.[/quote]

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