Having both a sixteen year old brother and a sister-in-law, I’ve noticed how much more pressure school seems to be putting on kids today. It seems as though the goal is to cram more information in than the brain can possibly hold. At the same time, kids are surrounded with all sorts of ‘experience camps’ to improve skills and talents (basketball camp, math camp, astronomy camp, etc). The goal seems to be to fill every hour with something to do. At the same time, we seem to have a generation of leisure junkies. While some kids hype up their college … Continue reading →