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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Free play is all fun and games until middle school. Then the kids with no activities have nothing to do and it’s downhill from there. [/quote]

Not for all kids, our neighborhood friends and my sibling had a blast playing throughout middle school. And why not, we were kids having fun. Free play is very important for middle schoolers, I've even read articles on it. I'm not sure why or when ppl deemed them too old to do this. It was the norm for us. I don't know why ppl think they aren't deserving of free play. [/quote]

Why do you think athletes aren’t getting both?

Also, our day was great - I had free play too and then just walked right on to a JV sport as a freshman having barely played.  Those days are over for most schools with most sports.  If you don’t have some training, you aren’t making a high school team.  I absolutely loved being a high school athlete and my kids enjoy it too, so I am glad we put in the prep work to make that happen in elementary and middle.[/quote]

Because this is a thread on overscheduling. And ppl are assuming that older kids don't need or want free play because they're too old or will be trouble makers. High school is obviously a little different, but middle school kids are still kids.[/quote]

Most teens don't free play.  At some point even MS kids grow up.[/quote]

Middle school kids are 11-14. Still young enough to play and have fun. I'm not saying don't grow up at all, just don't grow up faster than you have to. I hope my kid is like me when it comes time for MS.[/quote]

I really hope you are able to be flexible and realize 1) the world has changed dramatically and a lot of it is outside a parents control , 2) you aren’t going to have as much influence over your MS teen that you think you will, and 3) your child is an individual and may be very different than you were at that age, and that’s ok. Just as someone who once thought the way you did when my kids were younger…[/quote]

I realize it won't be easy and my child isn't my clone, but I believe that free play and being a kid is very important. I'm not anti activities or anti screens, but I want my child to be able to entertain themselves without these things. Hopefully I've taught them well enough to make good choices.[/quote]

It’s a logical fallacy that kids with a lot of extracurriculars including sports aren’t also experiencing free play.  There are lot of hours in the day.[/quote]

With as busy as kids are kept now a days I don't think ots that far of a stretch to say that they don't have a lot of free time [/quote]

So you think every kid is booked after school until bedtime and all weekend? I don't think that's true and maybe there's some other reason you're not finding kids available to play with yours.[/quote]

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