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As I sit here in front of my computer at nearly midnight before we leave for vacation, I wonder to myself how all the supermoms do what they do.  I'm a working mom, and like many others, I sometimes feel like I'm overstretched.  I want my kids to have exposure to all the great things that life as a kid offers - lots of playtime, activities, and fun.  But I have only so much time to spend with them doing this.  So, I sign them up for tons of activities -  which they love (for the most part).  And then I spend much time in front of a calendar trying to figure out how to get my oldest to Tae Kwon Do while the third one has ballet class starting five minutes later across town!  At the same time, I'm checking backpacks and getting lunchboxes ready for the next day and shoving dinner into my mouth since I haven't eaten yet.

I think that supermoms have a source of energy deep within them that drives them.  These are people on a mission, and a commitment to not wasting a moment of this precious time that we have with our kids.  In many parenting books, you can find references to the "helicopter parent" or the "overscheduled child."  I'm concerned that this gives supermoms (and superdads) a bad name and perhaps a guilt complex.  

As long as your child seems happy and doesn't show signs of being stressed (such as chronic stomachaches, fatigue or excessive crankiness, aggressive or withdrawn behaviors), then there's no need to be too concerned that you are overscheduling your child.  In today's world and in many areas, it is no longer possible for children just to play in their backyards unsupervised anymore.  Our generation spent many hours unsupervised as children, exploring on our own, inventing and devising new schemes, and just generally doing things that would horrify us today if our own kids were doing the same!

It's a different world, and it requires a different style of parenting.