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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So 4 out of 7 nights seems pretty typical?[/quote]

In the DCUM world. Most 4th graders play in the neighborhood after school, maybe a planned play date here and there with a school friend not on their bus. One sports practice and maybe another activity max.

If you think 4th graders need 4 nights of organized planned activities, tutors, personal trainers, and zero time playing with friends or managing their own time you are setting your child up for social issues, lack of street smarts, common sense, autonomy, and honestly - just childhood.  If their only friends are those brought on by paid events, which a few here have mentioned, that is terribly sad.  One mom allows her 4th grader to FaceTime friends but not play with them.  Really?  Wake up parents. [/quote]

Have you ever considered that that level of activity is the child's choice. You can't get good at anything doing it one day a week/no real practice so why bother at that point. My child loves having an activity every day.  You can have time for everything you discuss too.  Its selfish not to allow they to explore their interests.  We don't allow all friend contact outside school.  Sometimes it is the child and often it is the parent.

My child has SN.  So, yes, he'll have supports/therapies/tutors in place if he needs them.  We wouldn't tell someone like you that and just say tutoring.[/quote]

Amen. I'm one of the people the pp blasted in her "wake up people" post. And my child is totally obsessed with the idea of going to the Olympics and has been for a sustained period of time. She wants to do far more than we schedule her for, and her schedule is already quite full. This is a kid that I catch doing push-ups when she's alone in her room. How do I take a kid as focused and determined as she is, and tell her, sorry about your Olympic dreams but you're just a kid and need to go play? That isn't what she wants. She has friend time (I actually just picked her up from a 6 hour outing with her BFF) but these activities are important to her sense of self. [/quote]

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Typical DCUM mom. Good luck at the Olympics!!!  [/quote]

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