I regret signing my kids up for so many activities when they were younger. They really didn't benefit from being rushed around.

I regret signing my kids up for so many activities when they were younger. They really didn't benefit from being rushed around.

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My husband and I adopted three children within four years, and then about three years after, we adopted a fourth child. At the time, it felt like we worked from dawn until, well, all through the night. When my oldest was born, it felt like there was a big push in parenting circles to put young children in structured activities so they could be exposed to music, gross motor movement, language, and fine motor skills from their earliest days. I have noticed that this — what I thought would be a trend — has never let up.

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