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#52: If you want your kids to be more independent, then...
There you are. Your kid scrapes their knee at the pool. They curl up, hurt—but not broken. Another parent looks at you. “Aren’t you going to help?” But what if you didn’t? What if you let them stay in the water, just long enough to learn something?In this episode, we turn parenting upside down. We talk about false expectations—not failure. We unpack how a milkshake swirl leads to a breakdown... and a breakthrough. And we share how a four-year-old cooking breakfast isn’t extraordinary—it’s preparation.We challenge the obsession with resilience and the myth that life must be hard to be…
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