We love family, but we’d love it more if they truly understood what family meant versus being the family coach and manager.
Today's Dear Annie reader vents to Annie Lane about how many parents overschedule their kids with too many sports and other activities.
We’ve made comments about how we are running everywhere with all the activities for our grandchildren, including running them to practices on days when they don’t have games, swim lessons, tennis, taking their dogs for walks, etc. Millennials -- you can’t hold a candle to us. We’ve earned this time to relax, and guilting us is unacceptable and shows your lack of character. We were lucky to make it through numerous rounds of Covid that we caught from sitting at basketball games. Yet we still cut tree limbs down, carry bags of salt to the softener, we hoe the garden by hand because the tiller tossed us around like puppets on a string. Asking for help is like talking to a rock. We’re tired and sore. We are exhausted.
Am I wrong for not wanting to attend my grandchildren’s games? -- Retired and BusyYou are correct that today’s youth is overscheduled and overprogrammed by helicopter parenting. In fact, there is evidence that children actually need to be bored a little to become more creative and explore life.
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