Parents can agonize a bit over their children and their education.
A lot of stock is placed in getting into good pre-schools, getting good teachers in school, getting into a good college.
Erika Christakis advises parents to take a breath. Kids are really excellent learners in many environments, a point she hammers home in the book The Importance of Being Little.
Christakis says adults often confuse schooling with learning, often to the detriment of the children. She joins us to lay out a better way to help kids do what they are naturally good at.
