Episode 172: Gentle Parenting Meets Shoelaces And Loses

"Send me a Text Message!" Kids used to learn toilet training and shoe tying like a normal rite of passage. Now, early childhood educators are saying something has shifted, and it is showing up in classrooms as weaker fine motor skills, gross motor skills, self-regulation, and trouble following simple instructions. If you are a parent trying to make sense of what is happening in K-12 public education and how it connects to what happens at home, this conversation is for you. I walk through wha...