How to Slow Down - Let Kids Enjoy Childhood

Revel in the Moment: The Case for Nothing-Doing

Her friends' kids have schedules to rival a CEO's. But her own two boys spend their weekends in a pajama-clad idyll of board games, sick jokes, impromptu backrubs, and pleasure in the moment.

By Lisa Wolfe

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Her friends' kids have schedules to rival a CEO's. But her own two boys spend their weekends in a pajama-clad idyll of board games, sick jokes, impromptu backrubs, and pleasure in the moment.

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