I was reading an article in a family magazine the other day and it said that your kids should be involved in 3 activities at a time. One artistic, on athletic and one social. Their idea was to limit each child to 3 activities at once.
I quickly realized that we swing pretty far on the other end of the staying busy spectrum. We have usually done one activity at a time. And at different times we have tried a variety of activities.
- baton twirling
- swimming
- ballet
- gymnastics
- music class
- reading club
- cheerleading (Upward program)
- Precepts class
- co-op for homeschoolers
- tennis
- art classes
I think I would have a hard time doing 3 activities per child. I think that it is important to find a balance in life. But I do think that our busy society encourages families to do too much. I can pass up the urge to join something, just so we are not left out. I know that there are activities going on that we are "missing out" on, but we also value our time at home. We need time to do our school work, take care of our home and our pet and just be
home together as a family. I do understand that we have some limitations due to Tristen's health. She just doesn't have the same amount of energy as some other kids and her health does cause us to have to say no to some things.
But I wondered if your family has a rule of thumb about how much you let your kids do. How many activities do your kids do and does it "frazzle" you out?
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