Stress vs. Opportunity

buuzn03
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 10:33:54 +0000

Another thing to consider regarding personality and endless opportunities --does your child have the ability to not overextend when faced with many opportunities. I have one kid who knows what he likes – he only joined 1-2 ECs. But he’s heavily involved in the 2 he picked and combined with sports & studies, occasionally he gets overextended (case in point, exhausted FaceTime kiddo last night after revisit days, tests and crew practice this week).Because of this, instead of weekend night socials, he goes to bed early and catches up on classwork Sundays.

Buuznkid2 would try every single activity she could get her hands on and be in the thick of every social event. Sleep and studies would suffer. So, sometimes more isn’t always better…it’s just more.

This decision is very individual driven. Even two kids with the same DNA don’t necessarily fit at the same school. (As illustrated by @vegas1 )