As I've mentioned in a previous blog, I am a nanny for an eight year old boy. This year he has started his third school, which is a private school for children with learning disabilities. This school offers tons of after school activities you would never expect to have in a public school. Mondays and Fridays he finishes the day at 2:45, but Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays I pick him up at 4:00. Now to me, that is already a long day. Today, I was to pick him up early from Homework Help Club at 3:30 and take him to cartooning until 5:30. He was so upset when I told him he had to go to cartooning! Even though he enjoys it, he told me he didn't want to do three things in a day because it was too much! He was so overwhelmed and kept crying. It seems to me that the younger generation doesn't have time to breathe. Parents are always pushing them to do more, be better, and proficient in every area! Dance, swimming, fencing, karate, sports, art class, the list goes on. Come on...give the kids a break! How many activities and hours a day should children of different ages be expected to complete? To me going to school until 2:45, then to do homework in school until 3:30/4:00, and then to another activity until 5:30 seems just too much!
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I can actually feel for the student that you are talking about. That being said, when I was younger I constantly had things going on, whether it was soccer, softball, basketball and so on. I was constantly busy (and things haven't changed haha).I can also say thought that my parents never forced me into doing anything that I didn't want to do. But you are right, at what point does it become too much, and when is enough enough? I think that it becomes enough once it interferes with the student's school work.
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