hothousing
Intensive early development
Hothousing is intensive cultivation of talent or accelerated development, especially in children.
The term comes from the hothouse—a heated greenhouse that forces plants to grow faster than natural conditions allow.
Parents who hothouse their kids push them toward early achievement through rigorous instruction: The school's hothousing approach produces impressive test scores but burned-out teenagers.
Room for infants
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- seedlingsNewly germinated plants
- forcingCompelling through pressure
incubation · growing · transplanting · climate-controlled · polytunnel · hydroponics · potting · overwintering
Rate velocity changes
- fast-trackingAccelerating a procedure's timeline
- enrichmentImprovement through addition
- giftedGiven as present
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
drilling · cramming · intensive · prodigy · precocious · coaching · testing · memorization
Chronic occupational depletion
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
high-stakes · demanding · rigorous · intense · relentless · overwork · strain · pressure-cooker
nursery
Room for infants
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- seedlingsNewly germinated plants
forcing · incubation · growing · transplanting · climate-controlled · polytunnel · hydroponics · potting · overwintering · tropical
acceleration
Rate velocity changes
- fast-trackingAccelerating a procedure's timeline
- enrichmentImprovement through addition
- giftedGiven as present
tutoring · drilling · cramming · intensive · prodigy · precocious · coaching · testing · memorization · achievement
burnout
Chronic occupational depletion
exhaustion · high-stakes · demanding · rigorous · intense · relentless · overwork · strain · pressure-cooker · competitive
hothousingfree-range parenting
Child-rearing emphasizing independence
benign neglect · letting nature take its course · organic growth · non-intervention
hothousingunschooling
Self-directed home education
free play · Montessori method · democratic education · self-directed learning · intrinsic motivation