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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]

Totally agree, that’s why I limit mine to one sport per season. They want to play and it’s just as much for social reason as for the sport, if not more so.  They love being part of a team and all of the silly things that go along with that at a young age. I said no this year to travel soccer even though friends were already doing it.  One rec sport per season is two hours of scheduled activity per week (1 practice and 1 game). That’s a lot of unscheduled free time even  with a dance class here and there. SACC is a daily play date with friends. [/quote]

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