Are our children too busy? Overscheduled? Does my daughter really need to take gymnastics and ballet classes once a week, be in a Daisy troop that meets for an hour after school every other Wednesday, play soccer (practice is on Sunday afternoons and games are on Thursday evenings), and play kickball (games are on Saturday mornings and practice is on Sunday)? My four-year-old son has a much lighter schedule: gymnastics once a week and soccer (games are Wednesday evenings and practice is on Sunday). Obviously, at this young age, my children don’t need to do anything after school. But they certainly seem to enjoy it all. I’ve read more articles on overscheduled children than I care to count, and I like to think that I’m very in tune with trying to balance school, free play, and scheduled activities. But am I?
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