TY’S not too difficult
these days to come

across articles in ma;za-
. Zimes that express the

- anxiety ef authors whe
feel our children are
overburdened by che.

: demands on tmeir time
' « or the pressures of the
a, e<tacation system.

t*s also not coo difficult
to bec with them, given the

context of our own lives,
‘often hurried and Jess than
tisfying.
Our anxicties are casily
seem: as shi red by our chil-

: Just the same, it scems a
Kttic overdone, this burnout
thing. ‘Sure, families are busy ..
and the, educational bar has.

ore spare time ©

than any genération before. ;
them.:They have better health:
and. better nutrition available,

have, less ‘@bligatons
% work and more’.

pices of things to do recre= a

they live in a.
peace and

“Git-may net

issue of
id burnout

eake in the unifying belicfs of
religion. It may bc. the lack of
personal contact as children
attend ever Jarger schools and
see ever. less of their busy par-
ents, Jt may be the lack of
confidence that develops in a
world which insists on chil-

~ dren looking and acting in a
certain way to be considered
acceptabic ‘by their peers. Or
it may simply be a lack of pro-
‘found thought, taking the
time to really, explore who :

cy are and accepting them-

selves with all their faults and:

ay well be 2 combina.

tion ofd of the above and -
the 5 this may be a tem-
. pest in a teapor ‘created by -

Yr our own anxiety, as parents.”

Perhaps our children are

. just ¢. different than we are

Perhaps the experiences they
_ are having, both in our homes

“and under the influence of |

~ media, friends and teachers, is
substantially different than the
experiences we are having,
‘They may well view the world-:
isin pane wl than tis ©

“adapting to the new age and
them who are”
ig Out, it may be ‘be. their

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various pressures every day. -
Siill, when I sit and think

‘about my own educational _ .
“experiences almost 40 year
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- who had a lot of pressures.
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burn out? Of course they will.

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“I don’t know that for sure,

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majority of children raised in
loving homes, with regular’. :

contact with their parents, ;

chat will help them’ cope with
“ continucus change i in thei

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