Are your kids doing too much?
WARNING SIGNS YOUR CHILD MAY BE OVERSCHEDULED
PARENTS, ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS TO CHECK IF YOUR CHILD’S GETTING ENOUGH DOWNTIME.
DO THEY ACT GROUCHY, MOPEY OR IRRITABLE? CAN THEY FALL ASLEEP AT BEDTIME?
HAVE THEY STARTED OVEREATING?
DO THEY ZONE OUT IN FRONT OF THE TV?
ARE THEY COMPLAINING OF STOMACH ACHES, HEADACHES OR MYSTERIOUS ILLNESSES?
ARE THEY OVERANXIOUS ABOUT GETTING APPROVAL FROM AUTHORITY FIGURES?
CAN THEY KEEP TRACK OF WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE?
AND IS THEIR SCHEDULE DRAINING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY?
IF YOUR CHILD OR CHILDREN EXHIBIT THESE BEHAVIORS ON AN ONGOING BASIS, YOU MAY WANT TO RE-EXAMINE THEIR AFTER SCHOOL SCHEDULE.