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The rule of thumb I have seen used, is to limit extracurricular activities to only one per child at a time. Plus, there are a lot of things you can do at home as a family without paying someone else to organize it for you. Many people teach themselves how to play musical instruments, play basketball in their driveway, or go swimming at the neighborhood pool without signing up for classes. Making something into a "friends and family" activity, instead of relying on secular groups, is a great way to have all the benefits of an extracurricular activity without eating into family time and budgets.
Q & A, New Era, Sept 1988
I don’t feel as if I belong anywhere. I don’t have any close friends. I’m not a member of any “in groups.” I really miss having someone to confide in. Sometimes I get so lonely I just feel like giving up. What can I do?
...research has shown that two of the most reliable ways for young people
to raise their self-esteem and their “happiness level” are
(1) to be involved in extracurricular activities at school, and
(2) to be involved in service to others. - link
(1) to be involved in extracurricular activities at school, and
(2) to be involved in service to others. - link
Drawing from counsel given by the First Presidency in a letter dated February 27, 1999, Elder Hallstrom encouraged listeners to make family activities their “highest priority.”
“We live in a world of busyness,” he said. “Traveling throughout the Church, I sometimes privately inquire of local leaders—and these are good Latter-day Saints—are you holding family prayer and family home evening? Often, I receive an embarrassed look and the explanation, ‘We are so busy. Our children’s school and extracurricular activities, music and other lessons, social schedule, and Church functions keep them almost fully occupied. My spouse and I are tied up with work, Church, and other commitments. We are seldom together as a family.’ ”
He said that when people are too busy doing good things and do not have time for the essential things, they must find solutions.
“We live in a world of busyness,” he said. “Traveling throughout the Church, I sometimes privately inquire of local leaders—and these are good Latter-day Saints—are you holding family prayer and family home evening? Often, I receive an embarrassed look and the explanation, ‘We are so busy. Our children’s school and extracurricular activities, music and other lessons, social schedule, and Church functions keep them almost fully occupied. My spouse and I are tied up with work, Church, and other commitments. We are seldom together as a family.’ ”
He said that when people are too busy doing good things and do not have time for the essential things, they must find solutions.
Mothers Who Know Do Less - link
Mothers who know do less. They permit less of what will not bear good fruit eternally. They allow less media in their homes, less distraction, less activity that draws their children away from their home. Mothers who know are willing to live on less and consume less of the world’s goods in order to spend more time with their children—more time eating together, more time working together, more time reading together, more time talking, laughing, singing, and exemplifying. These mothers choose carefully and do not try to choose it all. Their goal is to prepare a rising generation of children who will take the gospel of Jesus Christ into the entire world. Their goal is to prepare future fathers and mothers who will be builders of the Lord’s kingdom for the next 50 years. That is influence; that is power. -October 2007, Mothers Who Know, Julie B. Beck,Relief Society General President~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The rule of thumb I have seen used, is to limit extracurricular activities to only one per child at a time. Plus, there are a lot of things you can do at home as a family without paying someone else to organize it for you. Many people teach themselves how to play musical instruments, play basketball in their driveway, or go swimming at the neighborhood pool without signing up for classes. Making something into a "friends and family" activity, instead of relying on secular groups, is a great way to have all the benefits of an extracurricular activity without eating into family time and budgets.
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