<p>Thanks for the advice, doubleplay, corranged & oregonianmom. Older D did all the traditional ECs - school sports, yearbook, Girl Scouts, etc. - types of things S has absolutely no interst in. Learning Japanese is the first interest he articulated on his own -- squash is something we do as a family, and the piano is definitely parents' idea -- so I'm eager to get him started. This is by nature kind of a passive kid (OK: lazy may be the better word) so I want to carpe diem and carpe kid into class before he changes his mind and decides to devote his summer to video games instead.</p>