They call them children-agenda: they are the children who have every minute of every day chock full of commitments. They are the children of the English school of piano lessons and guitar lessons in judo, the football coach, the equestrian, the "two hours a day up to Nintendo." It is the children that whatever they do must hit a target, to reach a goal, to produce a result. Superbambini are the result of obsession (widespread endemic levels) for the perfect child. Obsession misunderstood that parents call (unforgivable in good faith) "desire to offer the best son any chance." The perfect children, such as managers of multinational companies, never get bored because they do not have the time. I also had one child-agenda: as a mad demiurge, rather than let it grow free as his nature would forcefully, I chained to a long list of duties, sometimes disguised as entertainment (and that, if possible, is even worse). I now know very clearly that a good mother does not want a perfect child, but a happy child. And the happiness of a child depends strictly on the possibility of the child, which consists mainly in the way he likes to have time outside of school. In order to spend many hours playing or lazing in the meaning most of the term, without being pressured by parental expectations. I will make the impossible possible and to avoid having a grandchild multitask. I will begin as soon as possible to talk to the daughter slow parenting, which sums up the invitation for Americans to do parents with peace of mind, without exaggeration in anxiety, delusions of perfectionism, expectations. But not only, means also - yes, yes I said fine scientists and seems to work - to avoid putting the child at the center of their lives. And just think for a moment to understand what this might mean liability relief for small stuff to feel as light as balloons filled with helium. Quiet grandchild, you'll see that you too will touch a little life by balloon.
ps without M Marina, this post is all your fault :-)