I’m curious about the culture around extracurricular activities in Switzerland. In some countries kids have very full schedules (sports, music, tutoring, etc.), while in others kids have very few structured activities. If you’re a parent in Switzerland or you grew up here and are now an adult, I’d love to hear your experience. If you’re willing to share, it would be helpful to know: • Are you Swiss or from another background? (If comfortable sharing) • How many extracurricular activities per week or month? • What types of activities? (sports, music, scouts, tutoring, etc.) • Why that number of activities? (child’s interest, socialization, academic goals, cost, time, cultural reasons, etc.) • If your child has few or no activities, what do they usually do with their free time? • For adults who grew up in Switzerland: looking back, do you feel you had the right amount of activities growing up compared to your peers? I’m especially curious whether families here tend to prefer many structured activities or more free play. We are a Swiss - Asian family and have a lot of Asian friends, their kids seem to be doing 3-5 different set activities in a week and mine has one, they prefer free play (exploring town, reading…) Thanks for sharing your perspective! submitted by /u/hakeianig
Originally posted by u/hakeianig on r/Switzerland