Over Scheduling in kids can cause many bad things for children and kids. They may feel stress and do poorly in school. Kids should not have too many things on there plate, and have enough time to finish work. But at the same time, under scheduling kids can lead to bordism and lack of creativity. So kids need to find the balance in between.
Over Scheduling can cause stress and bad, unhealthy choices like drugs and bad food choices. This is because kids feel overwhelmed and feel like the only way out of the stress is to make bad choices. Kids should have plenty of free time and enough time to do homework and activities. Over Scheduling can also cause lack of choice and lack of sleep. Sleep deprivation causes the brain to function slower, and even change the brain.Kids and teens need 8-10 Hours of sleep each night. Some kids and teens claim to get only 5-6 hours! Some other people might say that overscheduling actually helps students with time management and you have less time to make bad choices. But in reality, think about food; it is easier to quickly grab a bag of unhealthy chips, than wash a whole bag of grapes. These are the kinds of small bad choices, that lead to even bigger and worse choices. About 70% of kids and teens in the US alone are overscheduled. Overscheduling causes bad things for the child and their brains.
Over Scheduling can also lead to worse and dropping grades. For good grades, you need time to study, and time to do your homework, but over scheduling can mean giving a limited time for doing so. Too many after school activities, plus too much homework is not a good combination. Not having time to finish your homework makes students feel guilty, and unaccomplished. And for now, the only job students have is school, and doing poorly in that can lead to a bad life and job. Students deserve to have a good life and good future, so over scheduling can stunt, or even stop that. On the other hand, some would say that only a little of time to do work keeps kids focused, but I would disagree because too little time can make students think they have so much more homework than they do; leading them to not want to do it. But at the same time, you do not want kids too have too much time and be under scheduled. Kids should have enough time to themselves, to do work, and to keep active.
Over scheduling of kids can also limit students to have enough time for themselves. It is important for everyone to have some down time and time to hang out, and it is especially important for teens and kids. With a busy schedule, kids may not have the time for this. The reason downtime is important is so kids can relax and cool down. Without time to cool down, kids may become stressed or even feel depressed, The reason this happens is because kids will not have the time to wind down. For example, do you ever feel overwhelmed or stressed when you are overpacked? Thats how kids will feel. Over Scheduling of kids can leave no time for themselves.
Lack of sleep, time for themselves and stress, are all symptoms of an overscheduled students. These things can make school so much harder and less fun. But kids also need plenty of exercise and activities after school as well, so they need to find the balance. ANd after all, you only get a childhood once, so make it a great one.
