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Letting Your Kids Face Challenges
How to avoid raising a snowflake
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What My Child Proved to Me
We have an epidemic of parents swooping in to save their children from everything. The world needs more parents, like Espi, who understands how adversity helps shape kids:
I heard you recently read a mother’s email about helping her daughter deal with life’s difficulties instead of "fixing" the problem for her. It reminded me of my daughter’s story. She went from in-person to online classes as a freshman in college because of Covid. She was devastated, and cried to me about how much this change affected her grades.
There was so much going on at that time, but your wisdom helped me to respond.
I COULD have felt sorry for her. I COULD have sat next to my daughter and cried. But I did not. Instead, I reminded her that, with time, she would feel better about this learning curve.
My ONLY way of helping her was providing a quiet home environment — she needed to handle the rest!
My daughter made it through not only one, but three semesters of on-line classes. My job was to raise a productive adult, and I DID! She is now an assistant manager at work, and a resilient young lady who will never blame Covid for anything but a good life lesson in resilience.
📞 Are you raising a snowflake?
Let’s evaluate together. Call me at 1-800-DRLAURA or make an appointment to speak with me on-air.
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Thought of the Day
It's not what you do for your children, but what you've taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings.
"Now, go do the right thing!"
