Are Our Kids Overscheduled?
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.\nAmy and Margaret discuss:\n\nWhy kids are so overscheduled these days\n\nHow overscheduling really affects kids, beyond the mom guilt-inducing headlines\n\nWhat questions to ask when assessing if our kids are overscheduled\n\n\nHere are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode: \n\nDr Shimi King: Overscheduling Your Kids Isn\u2019t the Fast-Track to Success it Once Was\n\nSolution Health: Overbooked Kids: The Overscheduled Crisis\n\n\nAnna Nordberg for Slate: The Fine Art of Underscheduling\n\n\nJill Barshay for Mind Shift: Overscheduling Kids\u2019 Lives Causes Depression and Anxiety, Study Finds\n\n\nCarolina\xa0Caetano, et. al for Economics of Education Review: Are children spending too much time on enrichment activities?\n\n\n\nWhat 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\u2019t wait to go back on the road!\xa0https://bit.ly/whatfreshhelltour\n\ufeff\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:\nhttps://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/\nmom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips,\xa0mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid\u2019s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent, kid behavior, child behavior, kids activities, kids sports, kids enrichment, kids extracurriculars, kids schedules \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices