If they send home a sign-up form he wants to do it. Currently he is doing wrestling, just finished basketball, will be doing baseball (allstars) next and is begging to do football also. He has boundless energy & really benifits from sports. He gets straight A's in school so it's not affecting his grades. He loves every min. of it but the prob. is I also have a husband & a daughter tumbling & playing softball. How do other parents juggle everything? I am the only one to take them to practices/games, too. The way that it works out, his sports are one after the other, with only wrestling & baseball overlapping the last 2 wks. Is this something common with all parents? I enjoy watching him so this doesn't bother me & my husband has bad nerves (aka:jerk) so it doesn't bother him that we aren't home. Daughter also likes to watch her bro. play. Is there anything wrong with this? If not, please tell me how to balance it all...
2007-03-09 01:44:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Well...Honestly, idk how a 8 year old wrestles >_>... butttttt, no, there is nothing wrong with it.. but if it's too much for you or him to handle, tell him he has to drop one. Honestly I do not think that any 8 year old would be able to do that much physically. 8 year olds need exorcise but they need rest too.
2007-03-09 02:37:14 · answer #1 · answered by semiphez1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're managing the schedule fine then there's nothing wrong with it. You just want to be careful not to have him doing too much at the same time because that can increase chance of repetitive stress injuries as well as injuries caused by being tired.
If you're having trouble maintaining the schedule there's also no harm in either limiting the number of activities or finding other parents to work out carpooling deals with. Sometimes it's hard but the youth sports program is a lot of fun for the kids and if you can make the time I highly recommend volunteering to help coach. At least I really like doing that, too.
2007-03-09 07:58:54 · answer #2 · answered by Critter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like McyD, I limited each of my children to two sports a year, because it’s all I have time for. It is a big time-commitment on the part of the parents, and very often I end up doing the biggest part of the chauffeuring because hubby works long hours and also has a long commute to/from work.
The kids aren’t ‘harmed’ by having to choose only two (when I was little, I only got to choose one), and it helps to save Mom’s sanity :)
2007-03-09 03:38:40 · answer #3 · answered by kp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We limit our kids to two activites a year. We have 4 kids so we have to limit it because we can't be 4 places at a time. We also do not allow our kids to do activites that overlap because we want them to learn their committment to a team and they can't be two places at once so they have to let one team down when they have overlapping events.
We do have one child that is like yours that wants to play everything and one thing we tell him is that he needs to pick two sports and become very good in those two. We have problems with him wanting to do all the activities but then he doesn't put forth the effort he needs to when he is involved.
I do hope your husband gets more involved. I am sure it hurts your kids that he is not helping and coming to all the games and practices. Bless your heart for doing all the running around.
Good luck!
2007-03-09 02:53:00 · answer #4 · answered by Raspberry 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's only a kid for a few short years!! Let him enjoy himself. There will be enough time for work, career and family down the road. Wow! I wish I still had that kind of energy! Actually I can remember those days. What a great time in a child's life!
2007-03-09 04:13:27 · answer #5 · answered by Yankee Dude 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When my kids where that age they had to choose two things thtey could be in. I thought it was important for them to just be a kid, also. They need to be able to come home froms school, flip on the tv and relax. As they got older we added more activities.
2007-03-10 03:02:22 · answer #6 · answered by mimegamy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think u should let him do those sports.....its good for him to learn the sports and the rules and sportsmenship it will help him out later in life. You are gonna have to balance everything out with your daughter and ur son. alternating games
2007-03-12 21:39:01 · answer #7 · answered by Shawn C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋