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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With rising K, during year she has six hours of language classes on weekends, two hours of swim lessons weekly, and she is in a religious afterschool program twice a week. In the summer, she does a pre-swim team. We take her to art and gymnastics parents night out occasionally, but nothing else. She wants to do dance, but there is no time/budget. We explain that she can swim at an advanced level for her age while her friends who dance don't swim and that if she wanted to dance she would need to stop swimming. I don't know how people fit everything in and have full-time jobs. We had an au pair when she was younger, so we could consider for the driving, but that seems excessive. [/quote]

Why is your kid in six hours of language? You could cut down to four and have time for dance. Your daughter needs more activities than just swim and cultural classes.[/quote]

NP. Some language schools, such as the Japanese language school, are the full day. You can't sign up for less than what they offer.
My child's language school is 2.5 hours but they also get a week's worth of homework which takes up a lot of time.
A lot of parents make the calculation that fluency in a second language is not worth the time. But for me it is a priority that they know my home country's language and so we make the sacrifice. [/quote]

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