What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms

Are Our Kids Overscheduled?


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So many of us spend hours chauffeuring our kids back and forth to their myriad activities. Why are kids so overloaded with activities these days, and can we get off of this ride? Here are some parenting strategies for navigating this issue.

Amy and Margaret discuss:

  • Why kids are so overscheduled these days
  • How overscheduling really affects kids, beyond the mom guilt-inducing headlines
  • What questions to ask when assessing if our kids are overscheduled

  • Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:

    • Dr Shimi King: Overscheduling Your Kids Isn’t the Fast-Track to Success it Once Was
    • Solution Health: Overbooked Kids: The Overscheduled Crisis
    • Anna Nordberg for Slate: The Fine Art of Underscheduling
    • Jill Barshay for Mind Shift: Overscheduling Kids’ Lives Causes Depression and Anxiety, Study Finds
    • Carolina Caetano, et. al for Economics of Education Review: Are children spending too much time on enrichment activities?

    • What Fresh Hell Podcast is going on tour across the Northeast US this fall! Join us for a live version of the podcast and bring all your mom friends. We can’t wait to go back on the road! https://bit.ly/whatfreshhelltour

      

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