As parents today, we often feel that our role is to protect our children from the world: to cushion them when they fall, to lift them over obstacles, and to remove sharp rocks from their path.
But controlling a child’s entire environment and keeping all pain at bay isn’t feasible. We can’t prepare the world for our children, so instead we should focus on preparing our children for the world. We need to show our kids how to navigate their own terrain.
“The solution is not removing impediments from our children’s live, it is compassionately encouraging them to be brave.
Author : Krissy Pozatek