#32: If you’re not sure when to push or pause, then...

The Parenting Standard · Feb 13, 2025 · 17m

There you are. Your five-year-old is frozen in fear on a ski slope. What was supposed to be fun has turned into panic. You’re 15 meters below, a two-year-old strapped to your chest, and your wife waiting further down. You climb back up. Now what?

Shout encouragement? Give a pep talk? Bark orders? Carry her down?

This isn’t just skiing—it’s parenting in real time. It’s the moment when fear takes hold, and you have to decide: is this a lesson in toughness or something else entirely?

In this episode, we rethink fear, failure, and what kids really need in tough moments. Is this a destiny-shaping…