Well, I'll be the total outlier. My DD9 is in afterschool chorus (free) and afterschool art club (minimal fee--$50/year?). We do swimming lessons for a few weeks a year and Scouts. That's it. We have gone back and forth on music lessons a million times, but she's wary of having to practice and so am I. She has an hour or more of homework a day and the two clubs do keep her at school till after 3 two days a week. She dropped chess and science club this year.
Free time is really important to her (for reading, creative stuff, and active play). I feel a bit weird that she doesn't "do" more, but we also don't have much to spend on this. I would like her to find one sport and one activity she really likes, but she is not at all sporty and her talents/ interests are art (not much available) and drama (time commitment is extraordinarily high).
