What does it actually cost to raise a child on someone else's timeline? In this episode, I get honest about the pressure parents feel to keep their kids 'on track' - the sports schedules, the AP classes, the invisible race nobody signed up for. Drawing on my own experience watching my two boys find their own paths later than most, I explore what happens when kids are pushed to perform before they're ready — and why those early patterns of saying yes, pushing through, and ignoring what they feel show up decades later in exhausted, people-pleasing adults.

This episode is for every parent who has quietly wondered whether they're doing too much — and for every adult who is only now starting to recognise where their people-pleasing patterns actually began.

What You'll Hear in This Episode

→ Why nearly 70% of kids drop out of organised sports by age 13 - and what that number is really telling us → My sons Jonah and Danny: what starting late actually taught them (and why they still love their sports) → The real financial and emotional cost of over-scheduling children → How childhood pressure to perform plants the seeds of adult people-pleasing → The difference between reacting automatically and pausing to choose your response → What I actually wanted for her kids - and why it had nothing to do with grades or trophies

Resources & Links

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