Don't Allow Fears to Ruin Your Children's Childhood

Raising Daughters · Mar 10, 2022 · 22m

Children’s childhood is not all about joyfulness and playfulness, but a couple of dangers as well. There are two fears that drive parents to push and micromanage their children:

The fear that their kids are going to fall behind their peers and not keep up with the Jones’s kids.

Fear of how do I prepare my child for a future that is so much different than my experience.

So, parents fill kid’s schedule with enrichment classes, professional coaching, premier summer sports camps, test prep, early specialization.

Parents also overfocus on achievement instead of character.

All of this is telling us…