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Aug 17
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DEEP DIVE: Are Our Kids Overscheduled?

MARGARET ABLES AND AMY WILSON
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This "Deep Dive" series revisits a few of our past episodes on back-to-school challenges such as the morning rush, school projects which require lots of parental oversight, and how to help our kids navigate intensifying academic pressure. So many of us spend hours chauffeuring our kids back and forth to their myriad activities. Why are kids so overloaded w ... Show More
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