What does it mean to be overscheduled?
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What does it mean to be overscheduled?
| Tue, 08-21-2007 - 12:43pm |
Do you have a limit in your for you or your children so you don't get overscheduled? How much time doing things would you consider being overscheduled?
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Yes. We. Did.
We usually have a limit of *1 art, 1 sport* per season. anything more than that and we are doing stuff every night of the week, which to me would constitute being overscheduled.
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
Yes. We. Did.
ooohhh just wait dearie. Dd (16) is playing flag football. Practice every day after school and an average of 3 games a week. Sigh. Luckily its a short season!
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
yeah yeah...it's just that soccer is the sort of abberation for my little performing arts junkie -- I know my way around theaters and studios and recitals and shows and rehearsals, I know makeup and tights, and scripts, and scores...
I still don't know diddly from cleats and shinguards LOL
Yes. We. Did.
It really depends on the family & on the kids. One family's activities could be too much for another.
The last few years my girls have just done dance during the school year and girl scouts during the school year. Halfway through last year they added ice skating for 4 of the months, which they both did. In April dd1 started softball which went through the 2nd week of July. During softball season it was really busy, but Girl scouts & dance ended in May, so in June & half of July it was only softball. I meant to get them into swimming for the 3 months of summer, but never did. That has been a tradition too, to do swimming when not in dance. The only month that felt overscheduled was May when softball, girl scouts & dance was going on. But they overlapped & I think my dd was the better for doing a team sport--it was the first time she had wanted to be in a team sport activitiy.
And when I consider activities for my kids it is not just dependent on how many they do. It's what day they meet & how often. They are all different. Girl scouts is only twice a month. Dance once a week. ice skating once a week. Softball was 3 practices a week at first then when games started it moved up to 4-5 nights a week (but was managed with carpooling). And swimming was twice a week.
I think it depends on the kid. We always let the kids take the lead on choosing their activities with the understanding that school work and getting enough rest must remain the priorities. In elementary school most of their activities were just once a week so it wasn't too big a deal. At the high school level we had some challenging months when marching band and dance team overlapped, but most of the time both of my kids were good about realistically scheduling things. It also helped that we only had two and dh and I could cover both of their events.
Robin
Oh....just wait, tournaments will be added at some point as well.
PumpkinAngel
Yes. We. Did.
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