Ms. Skenazy is president of Let Grow, a contributing writer at Reason.com, and…
The surgeon general warns that ‘time-intensive parenting and contemporary expectations around childhood achievement’ are stressing parents out.
‘The danger is in underestimating’ children, ‘not in setting them free,’ Kirstie Allsopp says of her parenting philosophy.
Bonding with both parents is better, because when the dad is truly a co-parent, he is far more likely to stay in the children’s lives.
If he didn’t address it, it must have been because he, too, could NOT figure it out.
The skills children learn when organizing their own fun are the exact skills colleges and businesses want: collaboration, innovation, communication.
So much growth happens when children have to figure things out for themselves — everything from how to reach a goal, to how to be a friend, to how to deal with frustration, disappointment and some pain.
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