There’s a quiet skill that’s becoming rare in people under thirty, the ability to feel the sting of having lost and let it pass on its own without reaching for a phone, a parent, or a reassuring voice. Many parents are inadvertently training it out of their children.
Modern parenting has changed dramatically over the last two decades. Parents today are more involved, more informed, and more emotionally available than ever before. While these changes have brought many benefits, experts are increasingly discussing one unintended consequence: children are getting fewer opportunities to handle disappointment on their own. The ability to experience frustration, sadness, … Read more