Okay for a 6 year old to be in two extracurricular activities after school a week?

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My 6 year old daughter is in karate once a week, and now is requesting to join the soccer team on top of that. 
Growing up my parents didn't let me join any of these so I'm obviously thrilled she wants to do things on her own.
Is 2 physical activities too much?

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It depends on your child and family.

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My son does football twice a week in a club, he joined the basketball team in school and just joined an athletics club they train once a week too. My other one playes in the school football team and in a club. They just can't sit quite if they are off they often meet up with friends to play football, again. They are quiet a bit older than your daughter, 13 and 15, but have always been active. I would just try it and see how she copes if it's too much she will most probably let you know anyway.

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Sounds like fun! You’ll notice if it starts to be too stressful or too much time but at her age the sports likely won’t be super serious and will be more fun activities and social bonding times

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If it fits. When i was that age i was in an art class and playing soccer

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I have my 6 year old in basketball on Saturday’s & Monday nights after school & he does baseball indoors for now on Sundays. It keeps him happy & active, it’s really up to you. Each child is different too, I feel like at the age of 6 they don’t have too much of a school work overload so it’s a nice outlet to have that isn’t distracting them from anything important. Also at that age they usually have a lot of energy so it wouldn’t really cause them to be burnt out.

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At 6 I was in dance and t ball as well as girl scouts. Whatever works for your family

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Before the pandemic started my child did cooking and gymnastics.

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My 7 year old did a mix of sports on one day then football (soccer) another day. Kids are full of energy and would do sports/exercise 24/7 if we’d let them

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As long as the child has the interest in it, and it works with your schedule to be able to take them to the activities, and you can afford it, Until the kid says I don’t wanna do this anymore, or I don’t like it or whatever it may be. Kids have to figure out what they like, and the only way they will figure it out it’s by trying things. My niece did over the summer two weeks a different sport, tennis, volleyball, soccer, etc. and her favorite was soccer so she stuck with soccer, outside of school and in school she plays volleyball. She is the number one in her soccer and on the A-Team, she’s been playing soccer since she could walk basically. She’s so good she doesn’t even have to audition. Her sister is a dancer, she does dance almost every night of the week, she has school dance, and then she has her own personal dance after school. She’s in freshman in high school, and she’s been dancing since she can pretty much walk as well. She does hip-hop, she does ballet, tap dance, etc. and she’s on the school dance team as well. She also didn’t have to audition because she’s so good. She’s on the varsity dance team as a freshman. So she does school from 7 AM to 230, she has school dance From 2:30 to 4:30, and then she has her personal dance from 4:30 to 8:30, and then she goes home does homework, has dinner, and does it all over again, it keeps her busy, keeps her out of trouble, I totally agree with keeping your kids busy. That way they don’t have time to get in trouble. Remember that idle hands cause trouble. When they get bored, they can come up with some of the worst headaches for you. When we were kids, my mother felt the same way, we did everything from gymnastics, karate, tennis, baseball, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, football, wrestling, etc. my mother believed in keeping us busy

Okay for a 6 year old to be in two extracurricular activities after school a week?

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