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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's too much? [b]So your kids only play 1 sport per season?[/b] But what happens if the 2 sports they like are in the same season? 
I mean, 8 weeks go by really fast.

But most importantly, HE IS NOT GOiNG TO DO AMYTHING WITH THEM EVEN IF THEY HAVE NO ACTIVITIES. I learned that in the winter.[/quote]

Yes.  So far we haven't had a problem, but I would take the opportunity to teach them that we all have to make choices about how we spend our time.  Because really, bottom line, I don't care if they do a lot of sports.  One sport is plenty.  Because it's incredibly time-consuming and cuts into family time and is boring for me.  I love being a mother, but sports I can take or leave.  My parents had this exact same attitude and blew off most of my stuff.  I liked the independence.

You need to sit your DH down for a talk about what kind of parents you both want to be.  It seems like he just has a different parenting style and different ideas about what is appropriate.  Not everyone thinks kids need to have something scheduled all the time.  There are plenty of people who think it's a positive thing to have unstructured time.  If you approach it like he doesn't want to be a dad, you will just alienate him and damage your marriage.  It's a difference in parenting approaches.  Or else he's just trying to weasel out of his share of the work-- could be that, but it also doesn't mean he doesn't love his children.[/quote]

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