Heck I played with Barbies until I was like 14 and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Maybe it’s because I turned 40 and all of a sudden I am feeling nostalgic for the “old days.” Maybe our parents felt this way too? But in talking with our friends we all agree, we don’t remember our childhood or high school having this type of pressure. Life was just a lot simpler back then. Whatever happened to kids just being kids and trying out sports and not having to carry a resume of their sports experience with them to be able to play in high school? Why should kids have to pick a sport like it’s their childhood career? I learned to play tennis in 8th grade and walked onto my freshman high school tennis team.
#My son growing up so fast quotes pro
The chances of our kids going pro in sports is very very small. By the time they get to high school and college most don’t want to play anymore. And the consequences of that are showing up in kids who are experiencing burn out from sports. The push for selecting a sport and excelling at that sport so you can be really talented and get scholarships is a real thing. Much of what there is too choose from resembles that of the teenage and young adult clothing section. Shopping for clothing in most stores for younger girls is tough. Girls are abandoning Barbies and American Girl Dolls in favor of you-tube channels with makeup tutorials in elementary school. Society is moving at such a pace that we don’t even have time for kids to be kids anymore. Why is there such a hurry nowadays to turn kids into adults before their brains are even capable of making adult decisions? While these are great options and fitting for some kids, I also see it as another push to make kids grow up too fast. You can skip high school completely in your junior and senior years by taking PSEO (Post Secondary Education Option) classes at the local college. Many kids have planned college visits before their junior year. Having two teens in high school I see the pressure put on kids nowadays to start picking your career path as a freshman. It’s so hard to do! And it’s not just technology.
In our home we try to set rules about ages for ipods, cell phones and the battle of technology. They have cell phones and iPads, giving up playing with toys for the latest games/apps. Now more than ever, there is a push for kids to grow up too fast.
Many kids are abandoning playing with toys in favor of electronics nowadays by the age of 7 according to an article in the UK. I quote it when thinking about how kids seem to be forced into growing up too fast in today’s culture. Moms often quote these lyrics to themselves when rocking babies and dealing with toddlers, reminding themselves that they are only little for so long. So innocent, a precious soul, you turn around. Give them hope, give them praise, let them sleep in the middle. “Let them be little, cause they’re only that way for a while. Let them be little, a popular country song by Billy Dean from 2004, has these popular lyrics:
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