Keeping Kids Busy -- But Not Too Busy

I'm having a hard time with this. My son (3.5) already has like 4-5 activities going on any given week. Granted, they are easy to miss but with soccer, basketball, swimming, gymnastics, T-ball... there's just so much out there! And all his friends do this much so we don't want to miss out. I figure we'll test a few out now and narrow down to only 1-2 a week. Any more and it feels too hectic.

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It's tough. On one hand you want to keep the kids active. On the other, you don't want to be a tyrant about it.

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We do one weeknight activity per week per kid - ideally on the same night, so it's only once a week that dinner is chaotic. Then, each kid can have one additional weekend activity. But it's still so hard to balance it all!

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I worry about my sons being overscheduled, but also about me! With three boys it's hard to manage their individual activities. My ability to get them where they need to be usually ends up being the limiting factor to the amount of activities they have.

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