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[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]

You’re also assuming kids don’t need that at all. I guess you will never know if there was a hidden talent there. Maybe your kid will think you made a mistake bc it turns out they are nothing like you.[/quote]

I have one kid out of college and one in college and a middle schooler. I have seen lots and lots of families push their kids into music because thats what is expected in our culture now. My son tried violin in 4th and was pretty good at it but didn’t stick with it. My daughter tried it in 2nd grade and stuck with it all through school and college. The difference between them is I never ever needed to tell my daughter to practice her instrument. She loved it and spent a lot of time practicing it. But my son even though good at it didn’t want to do it and never practiced. So he stopped in 6th grade. Other friends whose kids were also not interested in their instruments were pushed to do it anyway all through high school and take lessons too. They were miserable and felt unhappy that they aren’t allowed to decide for themselves. Those kids didn’t progress and never played after middle and high school. Same stories about sports. Patents push their kids to do sports because other kids do it whether or not the kids is interested. I have seen many kids at basketball, soccer  games who don’t want to be there. They aren’t into the game and honestly aren’t good either. But you ask the parent and they say ‘he loves it!’ [/quote]

Exactly, it's also, what are kids supposed to say though? There is a good chance their parents wouldn't let them quit.[/quote]

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