text: First, some kids might have to do things after school that wouldn't leave any time for an extracurricular activity. They may have to take care of younger siblings while their parents are at work. They could even have a job that doing an extra activity would make them late to. Also we have tons of homework every night that we have to do that takes up a lot of time. Basically many kids have way more important things to do and cannot make time for an extra activity