My wife and I have this running argument about how much 'free play' time our 7-year-old needs versus structured activities, and we keep undermining each other—I'll say yes to more screen time when she's at work, she'll add another lesson when I think our kid needs to just be bored for once. We both want what's best but we're working against each other.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two parents are caught between competing philosophies of childhood development, each acting from love but creating inconsistency that serves no one.
“Where Are You with Children and time — how they experience it?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.