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It's good to push your children: study
Filed under: Just For Moms, Media
My dad always pushed my brother and I. We were always encouraged - often hard - to put our blood, sweat, and tears into everything we did. And between soccer, track, hockey, swimming, and school, we did an awful lot. My mom often thought he was too hard on us, we were often too hard on ourselves. I don't know who was right.I think of my childhood often and relate it to what I'd like to do with Nolan as his parent - I'd like to encourage, without being pushy, provide help when he needs it but not what he doesn't. It's difficult, especially with all the media coverage lately about pushy parents causing stress to overscheduled kids.
But a new study contradicts popular belief about "over-scheduling", noting that students who take part in organized activities "are more competent than other children, better adjusted, less prone to antisocial behaviour such as dropping out of school, getting arrested or substance use, and they function better in the classroom."
I think it's a fine, line though - there's a difference between being busy and being almost hysterically busy. I hope I can find the right side of the line and provide Nolan with a healthy, well-rounded childhood.
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10-09-2006 @ 9:19AM
VL said...It's good to know that kids who are "over-scheduled" turn out okay, but I'll still pick family-time over soccer-time anyday. There was a contrary opinion in the article that compared kids to "projects" that need constant tweaking. This is the sense I often get from parents I know. When I ask people I haven't seen in a while how they are doing, I get a laundry-list of activities their kids are in, awards they recieved, and all that. Then that awkward silence as they wait for me to disclose how my children are doing, which I usually ignore because I do not think my children's success in any activities is a reflection of my success as a parent in any way. It seems like too many parents I know use their kids activities as another way to compete against each other and I find it very annoying. Maybe it's just me.
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