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When efficiency kills children's independence

My 4-year-old wants to put on his own shoes and it takes forever and we're always late and I end up doing it for him which makes him cry.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The adult's relationship with time is preventing the child from learning at his own pace.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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