Are Our Kids Overscheduled?

Are our kids overscheduled? Compared to our own childhoods, definitely. But is that necessarily a problem? And how are we, as parents, supposed to tell?  According to Dr. Michael Thompson, author of The Pressured Child: There is a line between a highly enriched, interesting, growth-promoting childhood and an overscheduled childhood…. and nobody knows where that line is. In this episode we are all about FINDING THAT LINE. We hash out * the myth of the overscheduled child (spoiler: it’s a myth) * why even non-scheduled time needs to be— well— scheduled * whether to let our kids decide how many extracurriculars they can handle * how loving an activity, and being stressed out by its demands, aren’t mutually exclusive ideas * how our overscheduled kids have costs for our marriages as well * how to push back against the overscheduling creep: (rage, rage against the dawn of the travel sports) * making a “priority pyramid” for your family Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices