As a youth pastor I often tell parents that one of the problems that their kids are dealing with is being just too busy. This last month I've totally eaten my words as my kids have been the busiest of our lives. For my family this has been the craziest we've ever been. I have 3 kids who are involved in a lot. 2 play soccer which involves a game each week and a practice. 1 who plays lacrosse that has two practices and a game each week. On top of sports my boys do cubscouts and my daughter dance and my oldest son also has piano lessons. With all of that too they go to Youth Group every Wed night.
So we did it. We overburdened our kids with activities. That which I've always told parents not to do I did. We have had a lot of talks the last couple of days about being more aware of all that our kids are doing and working to limit the activities.
To parents. I know it's hard to say no and to limit. I'm sorry that I tried to make it sound like it was easy. I'm working on it and I'm praying I figure it out.
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