Parenting with skill and intention is an activity many parents donāt have the appetite, aptitude, or time for. Most of the time, it isnāt going to be fun nor enjoyable, but thatās what parents (knowingly or not) sign up for while having limited or no support system while being crunched for time and energy. Social media and screen devices make it even harder. Rough seas ahead for the next generation of kids currently being raised.
> Russell acknowledges that books are ānever going to compete with YouTubeā, and that the pressures of parenthood in 2025 are immense. As one parent told him: āI just donāt have the energy to read to my kid. Me and my wife donāt āhave a villageā, so itās hard to rest.ā But there are ways to wean kids away from their phones. āJust scale it back a little, as much as you can at first.ā
Parenting with skill and intention is an activity many parents donāt have the appetite, aptitude, or time for. Most of the time, it isnāt going to be fun nor enjoyable, but thatās what parents (knowingly or not) sign up for while having limited or no support system while being crunched for time and energy. Social media and screen devices make it even harder. Rough seas ahead for the next generation of kids currently being raised.
> Russell acknowledges that books are ānever going to compete with YouTubeā, and that the pressures of parenthood in 2025 are immense. As one parent told him: āI just donāt have the energy to read to my kid. Me and my wife donāt āhave a villageā, so itās hard to rest.ā But there are ways to wean kids away from their phones. āJust scale it back a little, as much as you can at first.ā
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