Stressing Over Extra-Curricular Decisons July 27, 2008
Posted by Laura Thomas, ABC in Family, General Tags: after-school, parenting, ThisMommyGig.Just a quick cross-post here to point to my latest musing over on the This Mommy Gig blog.
… I hear that: “The pluses of participating in activities for children are obvious. Children learn in all realms of development. Listening to a note in music class triggers connections in the brain that will be used later when solving math problems.”
Not to mention, we hear every day about the dangers of childhood obesity. I don’t want my daughter to become some troglodyte playing video games all day.
But, inversely, there’s also the fear of creating an over-scheduled kid. Neither she or I need the stress of trying to drive all over town every day to attend multiple classes or play weekend sports tournaments.
Navigating all this won’t be so easy.
Read the full post on ThisMommyGig.com!
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