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When constant planning disconnects parents from memory

My 9-year-old asked me what I was like as a kid and I couldn't remember because I'm always thinking about what needs to happen next instead of what's happening now.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The parent's chronic future-focus has severed them from their own past, making it impossible to connect authentically with their child's present experience.

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.