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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know if some of you aren’t aware, but social skills and networking skills are often half of what makes people successful. Not letting your kid practice that and develop those seems like a huge mistake. A lot of perfectionist academic kids burn out.

Also if your kid is only successful bc their parents force them to stay home and do work, that’s not usually sustainable once they go off to college.

The other probable reality is that most of the kids here whose parents say they are “too busy” might not be getting any invites.

And finally - this kind of strict “family only” policy is actually really common in 1st generation immigrant families.

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You realize some parents aren't forcing anything and the kids are driving a lot of it.  Mine are in tons of activities because it's what they want.  As parents, it's a huge expense (the bulk of our spending) and time suck but we do it for them.  I'd love for mine to drop some but I will never force them to drop something except if we can no longer afford it.   I also support it because it's far better than some of their friends who just spend all day every day on video games and social media.  If I choose activities it would look very different.  But, it's not about me, it's about them.

And, forcing your kids to do their school work is not a bad thing.  You seem to be against parents being involved.  Time to put your kids first and support them.[/quote]

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