While I agree with Catherine that in some communities, pressure on high school kids and parents to get into "the right school" is incredible, I don't know that I would leap to "Parents are crippling...
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While I agree with Catherine that in some communities, pressure on high school kids and parents to get into "the right school" is incredible, I don't know that I would leap to "Parents are crippling...
I think that's absolutely right, a great assessment, CL.
You are so right that sometimes the problem comes from within the home itself, sometimes from the world at large. In either case, we must guard against over generalizing and acting on those...
I think childhood is innately a time of great vulnerability. Some children are lucky and have supportive, healthy families and a confluence of good luck and fair skies. Others are not so lucky, and...
This is the part I disagree with:
"Are we treating childhood as a disease and protecting our children to the point that they never discover their own strength and resilience?"
Spend any time in...
My opinion is that having children ages 7-11 riding a public bus alone is child neglect. It would depend on your local law, of course. When I raised my children in Illinois, 11 was the minimum age...