Balancing Kids’ Extracurricular Activities

For families across Canada, back to school also means back to a packed schedule. Eighty-six percent of Canadian children participate in at least one extracurricular activity. Many families have much more on the go. There are oodles of options, from baseball to Brownies, from choir to crafts, from martial arts to Mandarin lessons. All of these activities offer benefits, but overfilling the calendar can be counterproductive. What do parents need to know?