Instead of rushing around to take the kids to all their various activities, limit the number of activities they participate in to those that are most important to them. Decide to live a lower key life. It will save you money on gas, on equipment, on travel expenses, on registration and other fees and many more related expenses.
Everybody needs "down time" just to relax. People who are constantly on the go develop stress related illnesses like migraines, ulcers, acid reflux and many other things. People who do not stop to rest and let their mind and bodies renew themselves pay for it in less creativity, less ideas, often more heart troubles and may even go to an earlier grave. The effects of long term stress are well documented.
Overscheduling kids does not give them the opportunity to make choices. As an adult, they will not be able to do everything. Limit setting ability is best taught early. When a kid is overscheduled, the world of the family revolves around them. That is setting them up for an unrealistic idea about how life works. Not only that, all that overtending of the children sends Mom (and Dad)to an early grave and to a host of stress related conditions on the way. Parents do not usually give birth to children so they can become slaves to them. That's crazy. Past generations did not behave that way.
Save money on medications for stress, anxiety, reflux, headaches, body aches, sleep problems and much more for the whole family by slowing down and letting your body and soul renew themselves.
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