We don't really do sports, but every year with choir and Scouts we tell the kids that if they sign up, commit, and we pay for it that they have to finish out the year. Mind you, they never came home crying so that might change how we felt. There was a year where Zach was very frustrated by it all. He had after school reading programs he went to and was at Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays until 5 and then he came home and did homework and we were from 6-8 on Mondays and Thursdays for Ryan's soccer, Tuesdays for Scouts and Wednesdays for church. He was way overwhelmed by this schedule and we had a lot of meltdowns over it because he felt he didn't have time to do anything. But since the reading program only had limited spots and he committed to taking one so that someone else couldn't that he had to finish it. The next year when he was invited again we passed, but then this year when he was invited he jumped at it. So I second the suggestion of letting her take a year off. Maybe it will improve how she feels about it.
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