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Charlie Elizabeth Culverhouse

Does your child want to quit their hobby? Parenting expert reveals how to know when quitting is ok and when to encourage a child to stick it out

Child playing the piano .

A parenting expert has shared their belief that it’s ok to let your child quit their extra-curricular hobbies if they want to and revealed how best to navigate their changing opinions on their interests. 

Keeping children entertained can feel like an uphill struggle. There are plenty of things to do with kids to satisfy their need for busyness from easy crafts for kids to the best kids movies on Netflix. But sometimes it's not enough to keep them busy at home and it's great to enrol them in extra-curricular hobbies like basketball, music lessons, ballet, or the like to get them socialising and off of their screens - especially if you can tell your child has had too much screen time. 

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