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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no corelation between being over/under scheduled and success. Stop trying to make it a thing[/quote]

Honestly, what does underscheduled even mean? I don't get that concept.[/quote]

It theory, means "shooting hoops with the neighborhood kids outside" instead of going to basketball practice. In reality, it means loafing around and playing on the phone waiting for other kids to return from their "scheduled activities".[/quote]

Well I don't want them on their phones all the time, but they don't need to be constantly busy either [/quote]

The problem is that kids don't know what to do without phones when they have unscheduled time. Unscheduled time makes them uncomfortable. Whose fault it that? Stop signing them up for activities all of the time. My kids did a few activities here and there. None of them were that interesting to keep doing long term but that didn't mean they defaulted to devices. I wouldn't allow them at all during the week. One of mine loved reading and the other liked biking through the neighborhood. They knew how to entertain and occupy themselves without screens and on their own.[/quote]

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