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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It will get worse.  We have activities around the clock.  They are 11 and 13.  You will get sucked in... so brace yourself. [/quote]

This is a choice!

Not all of us make this choice.[/quote]

DP - sort of. My kids don’t do elite travel sports or dance or gymnastics - that is a choice. However just being involved with their respective school teams and clubs is extremely time consuming. If you have extroverted teenagers, it’s not really a “choice” unless you want to confine them to the house. You are really going to tell your teen they can’t do the school play if they want to? If so, that’s sad. [/quote]

You can tell them to get involved and you just pick them up later instead of earlier (more time for you!). We do this and sometimes she gets rides with friends afterwards, sometimes we give rides to friends. Having and involved extrovert is actually easier to "team parent" with the other parents.  My daughter's friends' parents have similar values to me so we are comfortable with this.  She is at a small private though, maybe it would be different if she were in public.[/quote]

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