The last section of this document about building children's
self-esteem is about preserving the balance between what
children need to accomplish and what they might like to
accomplish, or what might be good for them to accomplish.
Sometimes children will take on too many involvements and
commitments and end up getting overwhelmed. This can happen when
parents push children into too many commitments out of a well
meaning but ultimately harmful desire to better them. It can
also happen without parental prompting when children themselves
overestimate their capacities and take on too many activities
because everything (involvement in sports teams, school clubs,
music and art lessons, church and community activities and
spending time with friends and family) looks good to them. At
the end of the day then, the task for parents becomes one of
helping children to benefit from multiple involvements while not
becoming overtaxed and overwhelmed in the process. Parents need
to make sure that their children's schedule all