text: Second, these people may have too busy of a home life to do an extracurricular activity. These kids have a family at home, and it's unfair if we give them little time to spend time with them. The kids barely get to see them with the amount of time they spend at school without the extracurricular activity. It is important at this age for the teenagers to build strong bonds with their families. I value the bond I have with my family, but when I'm busy with school I never see them. Next, these kids won't have enough time to spend with their friends. You never know if their extracurricular activities has their friends in it, and if you forced them to join one, it's unlikely that they would. At these ages, the kids want to make memories and enjoy their youth. If we make them stay at school, it may be hard to do that. Lastly, these young adults may also have work outside of school. At this age, they want to get the experience of working. We'd be putting too much on their plates if we made them take an extracurricular activity. Overall, it'd be too hectic for the kids who have a lot to do at home to take an extracurricular activity.