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Your Kid Wants To Quit An Activity. Do You Let Them?

May. 22, 2023

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Your Kid Wants To Quit An Activity. Do You Let Them?

It's one of those questions that seems to crop up every 3 to 6 months: "Mom, do I have to go to soccer/softball/ballet/chess club/piano?" We all know kids are way more scheduled than they were back in our day — but you want to teach the responsibility, too. Not to mention your hard-earned money went to that activity! So how on earth do you walk that line?

So today, we're tossing the question to one of our contributors, Vanessa Kroll Bennett. Vanessa is a mom of four kids who ran a youth sports program for nearly a decade. She has tons of experience on every side of this conundrum — and you'll want to read what she has to say.

Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor

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