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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband and his ex have his kids not do any sports etc in elementary school. I did not know them then. I know them as teens, and….all they do is playing video games. It’s just sad to me. They don’t know to do anything. No music, no sports, no arts. They do know how to swim but they never go. I think it’s sad. They’re just in their rooms all day, doing….I’m not sure what. Video games and YouTube I think. They only leave their rooms for food. Occasionally their dad makes them take a walk.

That said I think over scheduling  is bad too. Just maybe make sure they’re not allowed to spend too much time on screens.[/quote]

This is my brother and my nephews minus the swim lessons. They don’t do anything and only want to talk about video games and TV. It’s fine, except that early elementary is such a great age to dabble in things and experience life. You don’t have to do every activity until you’re an adult, nor do you have to do it well, but it makes life so much more engaging and interesting as an adult to be able to know what it’s like to play an instrument, be on a team, work with a group on an extracurricular like robotics or scouts or theater, etc. My nephews are going to have difficulty relating to the world as adults because they don’t interact with it now.

OP, I don’t think you’re in danger of this scenario, but it helps to look at the worst case scenario when you’re not sure where you stand on the spectrum of parenting decisions.[/quote]

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