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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t quite get why kids have to do so many activities. Most kids are not going to  be professional soccer players, swimmers, gymnasts..etc  our kids have a really long school day, shouldn’t they just get to come home and relax? Hang out with kids in the neighborhood and friends? Aren’t we just stressing ourselves out and our kids by signing them up for so many activities? I mean what’s the point? Or are we doing this for college applications? Our kids need unscheduled free time to decompress and be creative. Just my two cents..[/quote]

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My kids are not in elementary school anymore so I can say this from experience. I feel I wasted my time and their childhood shitting from one activity to another. My kids tried soccer, basketball, gymnastics, musical instruments, martial arts, swim teams.. there was no ‘team work’ or anything in soccer or basketball. Kids are hyper competitive, they don’t pass the ball. All that our swim coach did was yell at 7 year olds. How is that environment healthy for kids? Kids learn at a very young age these days that they need to be better than everyone else. They don’t build friendships, they compete in a very unhealthy way. Also let me tell you this, I pulled my kids out of soccer and basketball when everyone else joined travel teams. But here is the thing, except for 1 kid no one played soccer or basketball for their school. They don’t even play the sport for fun anymore.. what a waste? [/quote]

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