My four-year-old comes home from Montessori wanting to do 'work' all the time and I worry that we've somehow turned childhood into constant productivity instead of letting her just be a kid.
More people experience this than they realize.
The balance between fostering intrinsic motivation and preserving unstructured childhood becomes unclear.
“Where Are You with Montessori and Waldorf approaches?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.