Thank God for experts!
"Kids aren’t having the experiences that are mandatory for healthy child development-- a period of time to be left alone, to figure out who you are, to experiment with different things, to fail, and to develop a repertoire of responses to challenge,’’ Levine said."
Dude, the 60's are like so over.
Pushing your child to excel is a good thing. But hovering over every single second of their lives, the kind of over-regimentation we see in the stereotypical "soccer mom" nowadays, that's not a good thing. Kids need time to be kids, to play the way THEY want to play, to explore. They don't need every single second of their lives scheduled from the time they're three years old!
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