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[quote=Anonymous][quote=doodlebug][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm dreading when the kids return to school. Our lives become so much more hectic.

No sports or activities or homework during summer...just camp, the pool, and lots of trips to the beach.

Racing home to get the kids to practice, then frantically finishing homework super sucks. Our Saturdays are filled with games in far flung towns. Sundays are the only day off, and I typically spend the day cleaning.

Ugh. [/quote]

This is our life too.  I love summer.  It's so depressing that it's almost over.  [/quote]

Not trying to be nasty, but can you change your life? Mine are younger, so we haven't hit sports yet. I'm wondering if it's possible in this area to choose a less hectic path.[/quote]

Nope.

We have four kids. Each kid plays one sport per season. We run in different directions for practices during the week, and Saturday is filled with games. It was hectic when we only had two kids involved with sports as well. Note: these are regular teams, not travel teams (which are an entirely different animal). Plus, the kids have ccd one afternoon/week.

Kids need sports not only for exercise, but for social reasons.

Enjoy your sports-free lives while you can, pp ;0)[/quote] Try one sport per year if it's making your life miserable to be running around all the time. Or set up a carpool w/ other parents on the team. Where there's a will, there's a way. Kids are way too over scheduled these days. Let them come home from school, have a snack, be bored, use their imaginations to combat boredom, have dinner, do some homework and call it a day. They don't HAVE to do a sport every season, even if they want to. Sometimes 'no' is the best thing you can give them.[/quote]

No thanks, pp. I'm not going to tell any of my kids they can't do one sport a season because it's too hectic for Mommy. 
My four kids are not over-scheduled; they each do one sport a season (except summer). How could I tell one or two of them they can't play a sport while their other two siblings are playing sports? That wouldn't be fair.

Fwiw, I've noticed that my friends who rant about "over-scheduling" and limit their kids to little (if any) activities seem to be the lazy, self-centered types who require lots of "me" time. DH and I can suck it up and handle sports for the limited time the kids are on teams. Soon enough, they'll be out of the house and on their own.

And thanks for the bizarre advice about carpooling. Um, we have four kids...so we aren't new to this whole parenting thing ;0)[/quote]

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