Over scheduling children
It is good to arrange some after school activities for our children . However, many parents are outsourcing their parental responsibilities and over scheduling their children. Many people around me put their children into too many after school programs or courses, from reading classes, math classes, music classes, language classes, dance classes, … and so many more.
These children are occupied with this so called enrichment classes everyday of the week, sometimes including weekends. They are so busy being chauffered around for various classes, they hardly ever have time to just relax at home. And at night, they’ll be too tired to study for school or just to play with the family. Don’t you feel sad for them? I do, even though these children may think that’s the way life is.
In our current social economic realities, after school programs are a boon to many parents who work full time outside of home. However, many after school programs are just teaching-to-the-test kind of paper mills, some pressurizing kids to do too much too soon. Parents should however restrain themselves from outsourcing all their parental responsibilities to such programs. They are there to give additional support and are complimentary in nature. Therefore, their importance should also be limited.
When a child’s afternoon is filled with classes, tuitions, and other forms of enrichment activities, children do not really get the time to be just children or even being deprived of the cherished family time. Undoubtedly, there are children who felt burdened and stressed with such a demanding schedule loading so heavily on their frail little shoulders.
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