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368. The Protection Lie
In Episode 368 of The Real Jason Duncan Podcast, Jason addresses one of the hardest golden cages a parent can see — because the bars are made of good intentions. You watch your kid struggle. Every cell in your body wants to step in and fix it. And that urge feels exactly like love.
That’s the gold.
The cage is what happens to a kid who never has to carry anything hard. Because the more you shield them from struggle, the less they’ll be able to handle when you’re not there to do the shielding. And one day, you won’t be there.
In this solo Wednesday episode drawn from his What’s Real newsletter…
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