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Do We Rush Kids Too Much?
FromWhat Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms
Do We Rush Kids Too Much?
FromWhat Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Mar 29, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The Instagram account @mindfulmadre recently went viral with this post:
"We are becoming less tolerant of the pace of childhood. In a million ways we tell children: hurry up. Grow up. You are already behind."
Sometimes we rush our kids because we're rushing ourselves—or because we fear our kids will fall behind if they don't keep up with the increasing demands the world has of children, even very small ones.
But who decided that precocious preschoolers are really what we should be aiming for? What are the costs to rushing children? Are there small daily ways in which we can let kids do their own thing at their own paces?
In this episode we discuss:
how a "daily context of stress" affects developing brains
whether small pushbacks are enough, or at least better than nothing
the moments when we've let our kids move at their own paces—even (especially) at Disney World
Here are links to some writing on the topic that we discuss in this episode:
Laura Markham for Psychology Today: 11 Reasons to Stop Rushing Through Life
Alison Gopnik for The WSJ: What Children Lose When Their Brains Develop Too Fast
Kim John Payne: SIMPLICITY PARENTING
and these past episodes of our own:
"Fresh Take: Michaeleen Doucleff on Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans"
"Pushing Kids the Just-Right Amount"
"Fresh Take: Katherine May on Enchantment"
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"We are becoming less tolerant of the pace of childhood. In a million ways we tell children: hurry up. Grow up. You are already behind."
Sometimes we rush our kids because we're rushing ourselves—or because we fear our kids will fall behind if they don't keep up with the increasing demands the world has of children, even very small ones.
But who decided that precocious preschoolers are really what we should be aiming for? What are the costs to rushing children? Are there small daily ways in which we can let kids do their own thing at their own paces?
In this episode we discuss:
how a "daily context of stress" affects developing brains
whether small pushbacks are enough, or at least better than nothing
the moments when we've let our kids move at their own paces—even (especially) at Disney World
Here are links to some writing on the topic that we discuss in this episode:
Laura Markham for Psychology Today: 11 Reasons to Stop Rushing Through Life
Alison Gopnik for The WSJ: What Children Lose When Their Brains Develop Too Fast
Kim John Payne: SIMPLICITY PARENTING
and these past episodes of our own:
"Fresh Take: Michaeleen Doucleff on Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans"
"Pushing Kids the Just-Right Amount"
"Fresh Take: Katherine May on Enchantment"
We 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:
https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Mar 29, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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