I am a Phillips alum and am moving my family to Europe for many of the reasons you outline. My daughter is in kindergarten and I see at 5 the materialism, irrelevant competitiveness amongst kids and parents alike from birth, and general deviation from the education I received as a child (both public and private) in MA. It makes me laugh, yet feel incredibly sad, when parents put their kids in hyper competitive, all-encompassing sports or activities from age 3+ and totally rob them of the experience of being a child. We’re hoping for less of that in Europe and more quality time, less social media influence on kids (we never see kids looking at phones in public in Spain), and a realignment of what is preached as “important” in raising children
I am a Phillips alum and am moving my family to Europe for many of the reasons you outline. My daughter is in kindergarten and I see at 5 the materialism, irrelevant competitiveness amongst kids and parents alike from birth, and general deviation from the education I received as a child (both public and private) in MA. It makes me laugh, yet feel incredibly sad, when parents put their kids in hyper competitive, all-encompassing sports or activities from age 3+ and totally rob them of the experience of being a child. We’re hoping for less of that in Europe and more quality time, less social media influence on kids (we never see kids looking at phones in public in Spain), and a realignment of what is preached as “important” in raising children