Some people say that “No one should be pushed, some children are pushed so much that they don't want to continue at all. They are under too much stress and it makes school more difficult for them. Some parents push too hard and make their children feel like their parents don't love them or want them. Others say: "How can they become something without giving it up?" I mean think about it when you push me, they go for gold, but when you don't push them, let them go on their own, then they will fail and become nothing in life, and won't have the courage to truly achieve anything in life and go for it. (Are adults hurting young children by pushing them to succeed?) I agree with both of these statements. Children like having to figure things out for themselves, but parents want to tell them what not to do and what to do because they have already experienced these things the hard way. Whether it be with school, social events or even personal experiences. Parents always listen to their children, some more than others. For example, some parents will allow their children to go out whenever they want. If we are interested in a sport or activity, let's try it. We may not like it, or we may like it. It just doesn't seem very fair that parents put us into everything, where we don't have time for a childhood, much like Kevin. The Overscheduled Child: Avoiding the Overscheduled Parenting Trap finds that enrolling children in too many activities is a nationwide problem. Children face a lot of pressure from their parents to give their best or participate in the best activities so that later in life they will have a better childhood, filled with joy and good memories. In some cases this is okay, but only if the child wants to do all of these activities. Only the child can decide what makes him