The choice not to pursue extracurricular activities for kids 20 Articles

by Beachbumwriter

It's not wise to skip extracurricular activities. Children can learn skills such as leadership or a skill to last a lifetime. One of the greatest extra curricular activity for children is the Girls and Boys Scouts. My d...read more

by Mel Bergen

Many children are scheduled into so many structured activities these days. When you wander around your neighborhood you rarely see children just playing around. There is generally an adult or two standing over a group of...read more

by Richard Serra

The tendency to instill a need for activities outside of school is strong in many parents for many reasons. To build self esteem, skills, preparedness for the future, and in some cases just to keep them busy. This is all ...read more

by Denesha Grier

In Ellen Shell's " The Boredom Effect" Shell compares her childhood experience's to those seen today. According to Shell, children who are defined as overstretched or over scheduled can still be taught to use their boredom...read more

by Eliana Tom

Deciding whether to enroll my kids in extracurricular activities has been a struggle for many years. I'm not one who feels I have to "keep up with the Jones", but seeing how everyone has their kids in a variety of activit...read more

by Callista Meyer

My son only being 4 years old this really hasn't became an issue for us yet but i do believe strongly that extra curricular activities are beneficial for children as long as it is done within limits. You don't want to be r...read more

by Sharon Kamp

Let's face it, extracurricular activities for kids is big business today. More parents are working and feeling guilty about the time they don't have for their kids. So companies prey on that guilt, offering all this fun ...read more

by Heather Roane

I wanted to write this article as a Daycare Provider. The choice to have your child introduced to extracurricular activities includes many variables. How old are the children? Do they make good grades? Do they attend a ...read more

by Jay Tolland

Its vital in this day and age to keep our children healthy and also motivated. In this world that we are living in it is now a natural thing for children to come home from school or nursery and sit in front of TV all night...read more

by Christine G.

Dear Dr. Ursa, Two weeks ago, my eleven-year-old son picked up a guitar at a yard sale. Ever since, he's been spending every spare moment strumming it and singing along. I've tried to be positive in my reaction, but i...read more

by Michelle Zimmerman

My kids and I go around and around almost daily about after school activities. I work an 8-5 job. The kids, who are 8 & 10, get home from school at 4. When I get home I like to relax for a few minutes before I cook supper....read more

by Amy Paul

Not pursuing extracurricular activities for your kids means that you are making a choice, but on what is it based? Are parents choosing not to support their child's interests, especially if the interest is not being met i...read more

by Susan Garcia

The choice to or not to participate in extracurricular activities is different for every child. I am the mother of two boys that are as different as day and night and have very different interest. My oldest is 14 1/2 and...read more

by Stephanie Jordan

I have made the choice not to pursue extracurricular activities for my children. My children are happy and well adjusted, and they have time to play and be kids. I watch my friends run around to ballet class, soccer prac...read more

by Maddie Morgan

Balance is the key to all successful ventures, and that includes pursuing extracurricular activities for our kids. Do kids benefit from being involved in activities? Of course! It is only when those activities begin to rep...read more

by Katie Savinger

Curricular means a means by which "action of running, course of action, race, chariot" can occur. Generally, this refers to schooling. Psalms 20:7 says: "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name ...read more

by Alysia Waters

Choosing not to pursue extracurricular activities for your children, can be a positive one. Too many kids are forced into activities in a way to provide the parents with more time, and these activities- without parent invo...read more

by Lisa Bonanno

I want to spend more time with my children, not less. I want them to bond with others, not compete with them. What we do outside of schoolwork usually involves service to others or a learning activity, such as an organized...read more

by Claireen Louise

Some children these days hold schedules that would leave most adults exhausted. The decision not to pursue extracurricular activities could be the right one for your family. Spending quality family time together has bene...read more

by Steve Martin

Extracurricular activities are very much in vogue in today's society. Children are expected to follow courses in arts, languages, sports or whatever after their school day and we, as parents, are to be regarded as not doin...read more