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How couples navigate different childhood time experiences when raising their own children

My partner and I have completely different childhood memories of how time felt - mine full of boredom and endless summers, his structured and scheduled - and we can't agree on whether our 7-year-old should have more unstructured time or more activities. We're basically arguing about whose childhood was 'right' instead of seeing what our actual kid needs.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Parents are unconsciously re-litigating their own temporal childhoods rather than attending to their child's unique relationship with time.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Children and time — how they experience it?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.