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Are you trying to raise a super kid? Is your child involved in so many extracirricular activities that you find yourself rushing from event to event? If so, you might be trying to raise a super kid. Children may interpret your desire for them to be successful as a desire for them to be perfect. Let your child know you love him or her no matter what.

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It's common knowledge that parents want the best for their kids. That's only natural. As parents we want our children to do everything that we didn't get to do so we strive to present them with every possible opportunity. This is fine but in doing so we must be careful that we don"t try to create a super kid.

Often parents will enroll children in many activities without really knowing whether or not it is something the child really wants to do. Sports, dancing, music lessons and martial arts are great activities to get your children involved in as long as you don't overdo it. Some children are involved in these activities and more. There are some children that are on every local sports team or taking every imaginable dance class.

A constant flow of extracurricular activities can be highly stressful on both children and parents. Parents may believe that by providing their child with a full itinerary they will stay out of trouble. This is true to an extent but if you keep adding activities to your child"s schedule he or she may soon be too tired to do homework.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to encourage your child to participate. In fact, children need encouragement but some well-meaning parents go a bit overboard. They get carried away in their zealous desire to see their child achieve success in all areas of life. Unfortunately, they can drive their point a little too hard and children may feel the constant pressure to succeed in every endeavor. Children may feel as if they let their parents down if they made a B on their Math test or failed to hit a home run during the baseball game. The type of pressure your child may feel is too high of a price for success.

Many parents don't realize how their actions and words can affect their children and they probably don't realize the stress or pressure a child feels by trying to live up to the expectations of the parents. Parents need to talk to their children to find out what they really enjoy and what extracurricular activities the children want to participate in. All too often, children will participate in a sport or other activity because they know their parents want them to rather than because they enjoy it. Let your child choose. Make sure it is something he or she really wants to do then show your support in every way you can.

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Written by: Darlene Zagata
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