It's Not Easy Being A Kid

IT'S NOT EASY BEING A KID Today many parents' major concern is that their children "stay ahead of the pack", and keep "an edge" over the competition. There are children enrolled on waiting lists at nursery schools while still in their mother's wombs. For the same reason, schools are filled with children in enriched and accelerated programs. And children are being started in competitive sports like swimming and tennis at a very early age. Of …

…the teen years for all the sin, that they committed against them when they were children" (Elkind, 84). Parents need to allow their children to grow, to learn and develop. Learning is, after all, a process of figuring things out, making connections, getting ideas and testing them, taking risks, making mistakes, and trying again. Hurrying children through learning seems to be beneficial but parents need to recognize the consequences that may arise in their adolescent years.