When it comes to extracurricular activities, many children are getting too much of a good thing. Carl Honore Read Quote
Many kids, particularly in lower-income families, would actually benefit from more structured activities. Plenty of children, especially teenagers, thrive on a busy schedule. But just as other trappings of modern childhood, from homework to technology, are subject to the law of diminishing returns, there is a danger of overscheduling the young. Carl Honore Read Quote
When moms stayed home, it was easier just to let the kids play around the house. But as women entered the workplace and the extended family dissolved, someone else had to pick up the slack on the child-care front. Extracurricular activities fit the bill perfectly, promising not only supervision but also enrichment. Carl Honore Read Quote
Warnings about children being overscheduled, racing from one enriching activity to the next, first surfaced in the early 20th century. Carl Honore Read Quote
Smaller families mean we have more time and money to lavish on each child. Parents are more anxious because small families give them less experience of parenting and put their genetic eggs in fewer baskets. Carl Honore Read Quote
I’m not a Luddite at all. I love all this stuff. I look at all the gadgets that come out and I think, ‘Oh, this fix works for me. But the rest don’t.’ I’m not genuflecting in front of the God of Newness. Carl Honore Read Quote
I could be working 300 hours a week. I just say ‘no.’ The power of slow is the power of no. I can’t go to every party I get invited to. I can’t do every work thing. Carl Honore Read Quote
I guess I went into journalism to save the world. I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly. Carl Honore Read Quote
Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it’s a journey. Slow parenting is about giving kids lots of love and attention with no conditions attached. Carl Honore Read Quote
We’ve got 942 friends on Facebook, but when was the last time we spent an afternoon sitting in High Park with one of them? Carl Honore Read Quote
