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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think overscheduling is a hot button for me because I want to give at least a little bit of the old school childhood that I had.[/quote]

And you can do that. I had a childhood with no activities, and I grew up totally unathletic, unable to play an instrument, and with no real skills other than school. I'm trying to give me kid something different.[/quote]

You're assuming that kids need to be athletic and musical.[/quote]

+1. Whats so great about being athletic and playing an instrument? There is an overemphasis on sports and music. So your kid can play the cello? Or saxaphone? So what? Big deal. So your kid plays on his HS team? Big deal! It means nothing when it comes to other more important skills one needs to lead a happy, successful and fulfilling life.
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I'm the PP who said I had a childhood with no activities. I'm "assuming" that based on my life experience of wishing I had those skills more than I do. I assume this is what we're all doing; taking the lessons I learned from my childhood and parenting based on that. Personally, I wanted to learn an instrument as an adult and it was hard. I wish I had been encouraged to try as a kid, so that's what my kid gets: encouragement and the opportunity to try things.

I also know people for whom playing sports or music is a big part of how they are happy and fulfilled. At a minimum, there's nothing about taking piano lessons or being on a basketball team, that keeps you from ALSO learning to be happy and fulfilled. [/quote]

DP who also grew up unathletic and with minimal music, and same. People who grew up with basic rec sports and enough music have no idea what it feels like to be invited to an intramural game and really have no clue how the game goes, or to not have music appreciation. It's just really different.

You can still get lots of cool life skills without athletics or music, but you can also get life skills [b]with[/b] them, and those skills happen to be valuable into adulthood.[/quote]

What life skills do you mean?[/quote]

Non-sport specific that you can get from other hobbies and school, but also music or arts: Resilience, diligence, teamwork (team sports, music ensembles, group projects, jobs), persistence.

Sport specific: being able to go to the company golf tournament, play on the work softball team, or join the ultimate frisbee game your group of friends is setting up

Music specific: music appreciation, generally just being cultured.

Of course hanging out and daydreaming or having free play time can teach things like getting along with other kids, negotiating differences, entertaining yourself, learning to be alone with your own thoughts, and so on. The unscheduled time certainly has value. So does the scheduled time, though. [/quote]

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