05-15-2003, 08:36 PM
Hello ShadowHM!
Your practice seems like something I had a little bit more of when I was younger, although I definately do not regret having a few daily activities as I had as a younger kid.
Basically I was almost always involved in some sort of sport at one point in the year and along came with that daily practices. Essentially this means that eventually your children will want more structured and a few more "Go here do this" activites. Right now, I'm a two season athlete which takes up 2/3 of my school year with 2-3 hour practices every day after school along with weight training for football, and pool workouts for both football and track.
Sooner or later, they are going to yearn for more than just hanging out with friends, I think... athletics are great, spectacular things but they require a bit more time investment than most other things especially in high school. For example, during football season my band also does marching band and therefor the halftime show at our high school's varisity football games. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday I would not be home before 8:30 and quite often later than that. Either way, I enjoyed doing both of these activities and its one of those things that your kids may never experience if you keep them limited to a single activity or two per week :-).
Baylan
Your practice seems like something I had a little bit more of when I was younger, although I definately do not regret having a few daily activities as I had as a younger kid.
Basically I was almost always involved in some sort of sport at one point in the year and along came with that daily practices. Essentially this means that eventually your children will want more structured and a few more "Go here do this" activites. Right now, I'm a two season athlete which takes up 2/3 of my school year with 2-3 hour practices every day after school along with weight training for football, and pool workouts for both football and track.
Sooner or later, they are going to yearn for more than just hanging out with friends, I think... athletics are great, spectacular things but they require a bit more time investment than most other things especially in high school. For example, during football season my band also does marching band and therefor the halftime show at our high school's varisity football games. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday I would not be home before 8:30 and quite often later than that. Either way, I enjoyed doing both of these activities and its one of those things that your kids may never experience if you keep them limited to a single activity or two per week :-).
Baylan