How Not to Screw Up Your Kids

Getting Out of Children's Way Builds Resilience


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Do you like to fix your child’s problems?

Are you trying to be their best friend?


Sorry to break this to you, but these are some of the reasons why your kids may not be building the resilience you hoped. And I get it - we all want to help our children, and we hate seeing them struggle, but building identity and resilience is about learning how to fail and how to problem solve.


In this episode, I talk you through SPRING, or the fundamental building blocks of resilience, and reveal the eight ways we as parents can be impacting our children’s resilience.


So find a comfy seat, pour yourself a cuppa and enjoy the conversation…



Highlights from this episode:

00:59 - Mental health stats

04:16 - A complex cause and effect

07:36 - Stress is designed to help you

10:41 - Self-regulation

12:20 - You’ve got to be in it to win it

13:43 - Relationships

14:34 - Identity

16:52 - Saying NO

17:35 - Setting goals

19:38 - We’re not working with the end in mind

21:13 - Modelling resilience

23:32 - We want to take the pain away

26:57 - Supporting failure, not preventing it

29:21 - We are not our child’s best friend

32:29 - Stop obsessing over the right decision!

35:36 - Being a parent of one of many roles we have



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