Maybe if we didn’t mediate kids’ lives so thoroughly they’d be interacting in the physical world and not so much online.
When all you’ve had in your life is ‘play dates’ and ‘enrichment activities’ arranged by your parents? With an eye on college applications or getting into the ‘good’ preschool? Proper socialization is not what your going to get.
Maybe if we didn’t mediate kids’ lives so thoroughly they’d be interacting in the physical world and not so much online.
When all you’ve had in your life is ‘play dates’ and ‘enrichment activities’ arranged by your parents? With an eye on college applications or getting into the ‘good’ preschool? Proper socialization is not what your going to get.