It’s almost fall, which means store shelves are stocked with low-priced notebooks and markers and glue, et al. Soon the familiar brake hiss of school buses will be heard in neighborhoods across the country as kids head back to school, or you child will be logging into virtual school each day. Either way, there is added stress of returning to school amidst the pandemic of COVID-19. While some kids begrudge alarm clocks and mountains of homework, they still look forward to school; to enjoying ...read more
The Mental Health Dangers of an Over-Stuffed School Schedule
For their children to succeed as adults, many parents think they’ve got to be involved in numerous extracurricular activities with a jam-packed school schedule. Perhaps we believe this abundance of activities will foster a sense of pride and accomplishment. But is this excessive involvement in activities doing more harm than good? According to a study published in the journal “Sport, Education, and Society,” the social demands of an extracurricular-heavy and/or manic school schedule are not ...read more