So many of us spend hours chauffeuring our kids back and forth to their myriad activities. Why are kids so overloaded with activities these days, and can we get off of this ride? Here are some parenting strategies for navigating this issue.

Amy and Margaret discuss:

Why kids are so overscheduled these days
How overscheduling really affects kids, beyond the mom guilt-inducing headlines
What questions to ask when assessing if our kids are overscheduled

Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:

Dr Shimi King: Overscheduling Your Kids Isn’t the Fast-Track to Success it Once Was
Solution Health: Overbooked Kids: The Overscheduled Crisis
Anna Nordberg for Slate: The Fine Art of Underscheduling
Jill Barshay for Mind Shift: Overscheduling Kids’ Lives Causes Depression and Anxiety, Study Finds
Carolina Caetano, et. al for Economics of Education Review: Are children spending too much time on enrichment activities?

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