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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]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]

Maybe or they could thank me. For letting them be a kid as long as they can. For not overscheduling them. For letting make their own fun or be bored and not just assuming that they'll be trouble makers.[/quote]

Why do people seem to think “being a kid” means doing nothing but hanging out for as long as possible?[/quote]

Because you can't do that as an adult. Why is not doing sports doing nothing? Why is kids playing/hanging out with friends in an unorganized way doing nothing?[/quote]

What are you talking about?  You’re presumably an adult and you obviously spend some time doing nothing but hanging out with your (anonymous internet) friends!  Unless you think reading/posting on this board is actually doing “something”?![/quote]

Adults don't have as much freedom as they say you do. And me posting on here is only snipits of my life. You didn't answer my question though, why is not doing sports or activities "doing nothing?" Why is unorganized play or hanging out fir kids "doing nothing?" Do you really think that it has no value.[/quote]

Because reasonably intelligent adults understand that the phrase “doing nothing” doesn’t literally mean sitting and staring into space (think Puddy from Seinfeld).  Sitting around just hanging out with friends is “doing nothing” unless and until you are doing something.

No one is arguing that times of doing nothing has no value.  But you’re strangely digging your heels into the idea that doing nothing is the same as doing something, and obviously it’s not.

If you don’t want your kids in organized sports, just don’t put your kids in organized sports.  See how easy that is?[/quote]

What is doing nothing to you then? Why is free play/hang out time nothing? [/quote]

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