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Originally Posted by esquire
Yeah, that is often the case for my kids. I guess it is kind of a yuppie cliche to sign your kids up for a bunch of stuff, but to be honest, they always seem so happy when they have their various activities to go to and things to do. Those early stretches of the pandemic when nothing was happening were pretty tough.
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Activities are great provided that they don't interfere with their education. Not all parents find the right balance, though most of us think we do - of course!
Seems like we did OK.
Quite a few of our friends have kids who barely did any activities. They thought we were crazy and told us so regularly.
Though in their case it wasn't because they felt activities would interfere with school, but rather that activities would cramp
their style (ie the parents' style): ie having to drive kids there on evenings and weekends, volunteer for the club or take part in fundraising, etc. In some cases it was even because activities cost too much money and therefore they wouldn't be able to go away to a nice resort down south at March Break!
More than a few people I know had the annual all-inclusive trip (2 a year in some cases) as a hard financial justification for kids not playing any sports, or even not going to private school. (The latter being quite affordable here in Quebec, at 3000-4000k a year.)