This article came out yesterday. It is kind of scary on a few levels.

The children didn’t seem that happy. Happy enough probably. But should one really have bad afterschool days at 6 years old? I think life guarantees enough of those later on - how about waiting a while to pile on the stress and discontent? One could argue that one needs to learn how to handle these situations - and the younger the better. On the other hand, I’ll state again, I think we get enough of those in life, without going through the trouble of adding on additional burdens.

Anyway, those are our neighbors. Maybe you can see why we’re a little concerned about our boy’s education. Though, we hope we don’t get too competitive down the line and always remember that it is about his life and his journey. The tips at the end of the article seem reasonable enough. I think the interaction pays good dividends. Some of the parents in the story seem like they might be interested in paying for a good education.

But is that the only investment they want to make?

Tonight, we ended up at a little local outdoor concert, with Beck and our little guy had a rockin’ good time. Beck even had a puppet show, but I think we would have enjoyed it either way:

Tags: parenting, play based education