I loved your article — I agree with you, we need to give ourselves permission to stop the madness! I remember one spring when I refused to sign-up my three boys in baseball. Many a parent shook their head in sadness at me, for it was obvious that my children would never grow up to be professional baseball players — as if ! Instead, we skipped the hotdog diet and instead enjoyed badminton and lazy weekends as a family.

Keep up the great writing & advice- you are great!! ~pam