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Originally Posted by redforever
All I am asking is, at what point do we admit we are overloading our kids?
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This can be a trickle-down effect as we overload our kids because as parents we are overloaded ourselves. For example, I dont know how many times my parents have asked why we do things to our son a certain way and my response is, "There's been so much more research in the last 30 years, it won't hurt him"
This can also relate to putting our kids in this school, that piano teacher, this karate class, that hockey team, etc... Like it was mentioned earlier, this is the information age and we are constantly bombarded with news and some people see those 'child prodigys' doing whatever it is they do and seem to think that their kid can be one too!
So what is enough for our kids? I dont know, maybe I need to do more research. Or maybe I could just get to know my kid and find out what he wants.