Dear Queenie,
I’m in high school and I don’t want to play sports after school anymore because I have so much homework and there just isn’t time enough for everything. My parents say I have to do sports because I need the exercise, but I get plenty of exercise in the regular phys ed classes during school hours.
Queenie, how can I get my parents off my back?—Harassed teenager
Dear Harassed,
Explain the problem to your family physician and/or your school counsellor and ask them to explain your problem to your parents. Especially parents who do not have much, if any, secondary education may not be aware of how demanding such a curriculum can be. And even those who do have higher education may have forgotten, or may not realise how much more complicated things are nowadays.
