Reading this article both made me cringe and gave me hope. The cringe comes from the fact that the parents described here just don't seem to give their kids a b

Reading this article both made me cringe and gave me hope. The cringe comes from the fact that the parents described here just don't seem to give their kids a break of unscheduled time, I understand the pressures to give your children a platform to successed, but I believe downtime is really critical to humans in multiple ways, I wonder how the children themselves feel about their relentless schedule. Secondly, it gives me regarding the true cost of parenting, I don't have kids but the financial responsibility of children has really had a chilling effect in how I view Parenthood. I understand kids are expensive but it seems to me that these parents are willing putting their kids in expensive programs that ultimately may not be necessary. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a lot of keeping up with the Joneses when it comes what programs upper class American children participate in.