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Without variability we are like children in that once we figure out what will happen next, we become less excited by the experience.
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In America, mothers today spend more time taking care of their children than mothers did in the 1960s, even though so many more are working, and working full-time, outside the home.
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…researchers… insist housework and child care [are] not the same as leisure… women’s leisure is different from men’s leisure in both quantity and quality.
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…once mothers went to work, they sacrificed virtually every scrap of what had once been personal leisure time in order to spend it with their children.
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Researchers have found that parents with stable child care are less stressed, better at coping, and more satisfied with their jobs.
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A rich early learning experience with loving caregivers… sets children on a path to higher academic achievement and a better chance for success in life, research shows.
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…children create the future. And their futures start early.
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Research shows that encouraging kids to participate in activities they like is important, but that cramming more stuff onto the schedule is not better.
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Children who have more time for free, unstructured, and rough-and-tumble play tend to be more socially and academically proficient as they grow.
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Whomever we’re educating, we can express more humility, exude more curiosity, and introduce the children in our lives to the infectious joy of discovery.
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