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Reply to "Yes. Your Kid is overscheduled."
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I not only think overscheduling is killing childhood, but the screens are out of control. [/quote] With the younger kids it’s great when they can roam around the neighborhood and play. But once they start getting phones (for us it was 6-7th grades but it seems to be getting younger and younger (even elementary!), I personally lean towards scheduling at the expanse of free time to combat access to screens that I can’t restrict. The other issue is that that’s the age where they form their own friendships with kids whose parents you don’t know as well so you don’t know if they reflect your values about access to the internet, discord etc. It all kind of goes together. I prefer free time for an older kid (if I had a choice) to be at home in the evening post activity/chored/HW (reading, playing with sibling) compared with roaming around with neighborhood kids earlier in the afternoon because of no activity. [/quote]
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