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txboyinmidwest · 46-50, M
check back after you have two kids one 10 and one 8 and then let us know if you would retract your comment.
storykid · 31-35, M
@txboyinmidwest Me and my brothers didn't have a rule saying we had to be outside or signed up for some team. We went outside a lot then we'd come back in and play video games a lot.
midnightrose · F
I don't force extracurriculars. I have asked if they want to, just so they know the opportunity is there. Growing up I didn't play a lot of sports or participate in extracurriculars but later wished I had done more.
Sometimes I make my kids go outside, especially when they start to get too rowdy and causing trouble. Usually they do this when they're bored or have been in the house too much. That's kind of my cue that they need to use up some energy which is much easier to do outside than inside. They don't usually take issue with me telling them to go outside.
Sometimes we don't recognize our own needs when we are behaving a certain way. Like a kid who is overly tired but refuses to go to bed, sometimes our body is begging to get out of the house. They can always use the vitamin D too. Once they've been out for awhile, they come back inside less worked up.
Sometimes I make my kids go outside, especially when they start to get too rowdy and causing trouble. Usually they do this when they're bored or have been in the house too much. That's kind of my cue that they need to use up some energy which is much easier to do outside than inside. They don't usually take issue with me telling them to go outside.
Sometimes we don't recognize our own needs when we are behaving a certain way. Like a kid who is overly tired but refuses to go to bed, sometimes our body is begging to get out of the house. They can always use the vitamin D too. Once they've been out for awhile, they come back inside less worked up.
