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ANTI-GURU CARL HONORE ON WHY YOU SHOULDN'T OUTSOURCE CHILD-REARING TO GADGETS, WHAT TOYS SHOULD NOT DO, WHY YOU SHOULD FREE YOUR CHILD FROM STRUCTURED TASKS + HOW TO TELL IF YOU'RE TRYING TO TROPHY YOUR KIDS (MF GALAXY 129)

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If you're an expert on parenting, chances are you're not a parent. And if you are a parent and you think you're an expert, you're probably not an expert either. Being a parent means constant worrying about getting it wrong and wondering if you'll ever get it right. But at least that's better than being totally sure you're right because that's a really bad sign. That being said, a few things are starting to become clearer in the 21st century, and one is that trying too hard to be the perfect parent is counter-productive. And another is that if your goal is trophy children instead of happy children with the every-expanding wisdom to chart their own course, your kids probably won't be happy or able to chart their own course. Canadian author Carl Honore hit the big time with his 2004 book In Praise of Slow, arguing that people need to, well, chill out. In 2008 he released Under Pressure: Rescuing Our Children from the Culture of Hyper-Parenting. While he was born in Scotland he spent much of his childhood in Edmo