🏃 You are stunting your child’s growth.

Hovering, helicopter parenting, & a lack of trust is harming your child.

But you can change that.

You can give your child a great gift: unsupervised play.

Here are 6 skills kids learn from play. 🧵 First, let me define unsupervised or free play.

Play is
• Self-chosen
• Self-directed
• Intrinsically motivated
• Guided by mental rules
• Creative
• Usually imaginative

Play is a chance to practice adult skills without adult interference.

After 14 years working in public schools:

• I quit my job
• we pulled our kids to homeschool

Read the story below. 🧵 During my 1st year, I wanted students to explore their interests.

But I got pushback.

Many of my colleagues thought I wasn't doing my job.

I, unfortunately, caved to the pressure and tried to be like the veteran teachers around me.

😱 Your kids' summer boredom is coming.

That's a good thing...if you don't solve it for them.

But if you let them be bored...

You let them learn the lesson of a lifetime.

Here are 5 benefits of boredom. 🧵 1. Boredom is a problem-solving activity.

Every parent dreads these words, "Dad, I'm bored."

Your kids want you to solve their problem.

Don't do it.

You steal their ability to learn how to solve their own problems and wear you out in the process.