Having been forced to do sport when I was a kid, I will not be forcing my child to do any sport. School
Is hard enough and challenging for them, there is no need to push extra stress onto a child who doesn’t want to do a sport. Let them rest and have downtime.

Kids need down time as much as after school activities but never force kids to do something they don’t want to as it usually ends badly

I just checked their website and for $35 you can book access to the entire venue for next wednesday. Even that sounds a lot but I guess I would want to see how amazing the place was first before judging

NO …..I dont agre with forcing children to take up a sport or dance or anything else for that matter. Some of us are sporty and some of us are not. As a child i was a reader. I loved books and always had my head in a book. I hated sport. Perhaps this had something to do with me being asthmatic…I really dont know. I was not over weight and was actually under weight. As an adult I am still not into sport. I dont like taking part and I dont like watching it either. I would rather read a book.

It’s a good idea to have children doing after school activities and sports but they should never be forced. The main point is for them to have fun and keep active.

Nope, kids shouldn’t be forced to do anything. Encourage, yes, but don’t force

If extra activities aren’t for you, for whatever reasons, don’t feel pressured into doing more. My kids did a varied list of after school activities, whatever they asked to do, they had a go at. Some were free activities, some didn’t last long. But I never forced them to do something cos everyone else was doing it

Forcing is never ok

It really depends. I think all kids should participate in sporting activities.

I don’t think I will be forcing after school activities but if they want to do them I will support that.

Yep but for fun like we had growing up

Once my son started high school, we reduced his after school activities to just football – training 2 nights a week and a game on the weekend. We felt this worked well in allowing him to manage school work and still enjoying team sport.

I was forced into as a child and hated it so I won’t do it yyo my children

My kids were always on the go and wanted to do things – boys did cubs and scouts girls did brownies & guides and then they merged into rangers. They re still active in what they do

My children did 2 activities, with the older 2 it was Guides and Little Athletics and when the younger 2 were old enough, they did Scouts and Little Athletics. They learnt to swim and had a go at gymnastics. I have seen children that have activities every day of the week and they are so exhausted all the fun has been taken away.

My boys used to play football or hockey on the weekend. They had training one day during the week and that was all they wanted to do. When footy and hockey finished they could play cricket if they wanted to. I let them choose what they wanted to do and made sure they knew they could quit at any time.

I don’t think you should force your child to do too many activities.

When I was at school I’d often be aghast at how many after school activities my friends had it sometimes seemed that their parents were trying to stop them having any spare time at all (perhaps to keep them out of trouble?). Won’t be forcing my kids but hey they might expect it? Hope not, I want time with them too.

They could be encouraged if they need the physical exercise, but I don’t think they should be forced.

No forcing here. Only 1 of my kids has multiple activities per week, the others have no extra activities at all !

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 22 Jul 2019 , 3:38 am

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  Now we just moved and we’re down to no zero after school activities, lol I still have to sort out the schools !!

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    • • Ellen replied
      • 22 Jul 2019 , 3:42 am

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    I once we have school sorted it’s the question if our finances are good enough for after school activities. Moving is so expensive !