The Illusion of Productivity

Posted in Education

I’m not sure when it started but we overcommit our kids. Many of us older Generation Xers can remember the days when our parents kicked us out of the house, told us to get on our bikes and play outside until the sun came down. We can remember time spent with friends playing war or football or climbing fences to steal some fresh strawberries. But at some point, those same Generation Xers began to sign their own kids up for swimming and Scouts and basketball and drama. And ev...