Why Are We So Afraid to Let Kids Be Kids?
Intensive parenting has strained both parents and children.
4 min readJul 11, 2022
Vacations as a kid were magical.
There were a few annual Lancaster County trips, where my dad and stepmom would take us 45 minutes outside of New Jersey and we’d get so excited by the horse-and-buggies, the fresh bread, and the miles and miles of farmland.