Do anyones kids not do any extra curricular activities for now?

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My daughter did football and swimming last year. One activity once a week per term. Honestly it was so exhausting with a baby. She learns a language for half an hour after school. I just feel so guilty like I should be doing SOMETHING with her. Did a trial of karate today and although good...it's a bit late and she'd have to go to sleep later on than usual. Not sure how other people manage it. But it's just so hard. We do lots of other things at home including cooking,baking, dancing, lots of playing and spending time as a family. My husband works nights so it's hard for me to take her places at the moment.

Mine didn't do much in the way of organised anything because we couldn't afford it. Every now and again we took them to the beach/local pool and splashed together about so they realised water was fun. They learnt to swim at school where they did a lesson a week one term a year. All adults, all strong swimmers now. One of favourite things to do with them now is a sea swim in the summer.
I went along with the notion of letting them get immersed in things that interested them without too much input from me. All late 20s/30s now, all competent self starters and gainfully self employed (as none of them tolerate shit from idiot employers)
There's a great book called Free Range Education which discusses home education but a lot of it can apply even if they're at school.

My DDs do 3 each - scouts, swimming and 1 after school activity. Plus we go to 2 weekly library events as a family.

It's really worth persevering with swimming One of my DDs had severe eczema so we didn't go to pool til it resolved (mostly) and covid was less severe. Neither DD liked showers or getting their hair wet. I started prepping them by having them try putting their face in the bathwater, blowing bubbles etc.
Then we went to the pool and just walked about it, they used the slide (which didn't dunk them in at end) and just generally built confidence over the space of 3 months.
They've been doing swim lessons ("mermaid school"!) a year now and youngest DD, who was the more fearful, stuck in level 1 for 6 months, which wasn't unusual according to teacher. Then shot up to level 4 in the next 4 months and now confidently swims widths of the pool in 3 different strokes, jumps in, and loves diving for dive sticks etc. She's overtaken kids who stated earlier than her and even those who appear confident.
Start with little steps now. Really is worth it.