Comments on: Overscheduled Kids- Is Your Child at Risk? http://www.tutorfi.com/wordpress/index.php/overscheduled-kids-is-your-child-at-risk Your Trusted online Tutoring Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:45:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dane Dormio http://www.tutorfi.com/wordpress/index.php/overscheduled-kids-is-your-child-at-risk/comment-page-1#comment-3547 Dane Dormio Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:16:53 +0000 http://www.tutorfi.com/wordpress/index.php/overscheduled-kids-is-your-child-at-risk#comment-3547 This is a very intelligent post, as it draws attention to one of the ways stressful and adverse conditions usually associated with adult life are affecting kids. This is a trend that shows itself in other ways as well, like childhood obesity. Plenty of adults suffer from the same problem of a life that is over-structured and under-coordinated. One of the best treatments of the problem I have found is a book called Getting Things Done by David Allen. The GTD philosophy and related materials provide a framework for adapting to the world in a proactive, productive way while remaining human that is perfectly suitable for practically anyone. Kids are perfectly capable, in my opinion, of learning and incorporating these types of principles and skills at a very young age. This is a very intelligent post, as it draws attention to one of the ways stressful and adverse conditions usually associated with adult life are affecting kids. This is a trend that shows itself in other ways as well, like childhood obesity.

Plenty of adults suffer from the same problem of a life that is over-structured and under-coordinated. One of the best treatments of the problem I have found is a book called Getting Things Done by David Allen. The GTD philosophy and related materials provide a framework for adapting to the world in a proactive, productive way while remaining human that is perfectly suitable for practically anyone. Kids are perfectly capable, in my opinion, of learning and incorporating these types of principles and skills at a very young age.

]]> By: Debra http://www.tutorfi.com/wordpress/index.php/overscheduled-kids-is-your-child-at-risk/comment-page-1#comment-3543 Debra Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:18:18 +0000 http://www.tutorfi.com/wordpress/index.php/overscheduled-kids-is-your-child-at-risk#comment-3543 I agree wholeheartedly that parents overschedule their kids. I teach a teens Sunday school class and I am amazed at the schedules they try to keep. They don't have one morning all week to just sleep in and watch cartoons. I pray with them every Sunday that their week is productive, but that they also find time just to relax and think. I agree wholeheartedly that parents overschedule their kids. I teach a teens Sunday school class and I am amazed at the schedules they try to keep. They don’t have one morning all week to just sleep in and watch cartoons. I pray with them every Sunday that their week is productive, but that they also find time just to relax and think.

]]> By: Chris http://www.tutorfi.com/wordpress/index.php/overscheduled-kids-is-your-child-at-risk/comment-page-1#comment-3539 Chris Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:41:03 +0000 http://www.tutorfi.com/wordpress/index.php/overscheduled-kids-is-your-child-at-risk#comment-3539 Like my father used to say; "Jack of all trades and master of none." It's great to teach kids how to socialize and make friends but a child will never learn - never even come to understand - what it it to master something if they don't have one guiding focus that brings it all together. And that focus my friends, is going to take thousands and thousands and thousands of hours of practice. In the practice, the pursuit of mastering one thing, the student is going to come to understand how he/she learns. How long it takes them to get to their peak at one sitting, how many repetitions it takes to get there and when to stop practicing "the downside" (ie. you don't want to practice after the peak - set it down and come back later). A jack of all trades, will never learn when to back off, they won't recognize when they've peaked for the session, they won't recognize that every time they practice - and stop at the right time - that they are increasing the amount of time they can be in "the zone". For these kids, getting into "the zone" will be something crazy artists talk about. Like my father used to say; “Jack of all trades and master of none.” It’s great to teach kids how to socialize and make friends but a child will never learn – never even come to understand – what it it to master something if they don’t have one guiding focus that brings it all together. And that focus my friends, is going to take thousands and thousands and thousands of hours of practice. In the practice, the pursuit of mastering one thing, the student is going to come to understand how he/she learns. How long it takes them to get to their peak at one sitting, how many repetitions it takes to get there and when to stop practicing “the downside” (ie. you don’t want to practice after the peak – set it down and come back later). A jack of all trades, will never learn when to back off, they won’t recognize when they’ve peaked for the session, they won’t recognize that every time they practice – and stop at the right time – that they are increasing the amount of time they can be in “the zone”. For these kids, getting into “the zone” will be something crazy artists talk about.

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