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You can’t just want tough kids. You have to make tough kids.

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As parents, our job is to help them learn how to do the hardest but most important thing in the world: To deal with frustrations and our limitations.

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When they mess up or do things they’re not supposed to do, do as Epictetus says and grab the situation by the other handle. What they did may seem nonsensical to us as parents, but to them it made perfect sense. Timm Chiusano and Ryan talk about looking at these moments with their kids through the lens of curiosity, awareness, and appreciation. 

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No matter how loud, how messy, how onerous it may seem. We have it now, as loud and messy and exhausting as it is. Enjoy it.

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A world where people are indifferent to the fates of people different from them is a dangerous world to send your kid out into. Our fate—our kids—are all tied up with each other.

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Who would you rather be? Imperious and impossible to please? Or fun and proud and loving?

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You’re going to feel bad that you were so hard on them. Love them. Support them. Accept them.

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Just like the saying goes: you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. In the same way, you only receive the help that you ask for.

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Reminder to all parents: stick to the facts and stop catastrophizing. It's a universal problem parents have had throughout history, Marcus Aurelius and Abraham Lincoln included. Pause, take a step back, and see things as they are without anxiety clouding your perspective.  

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Of course, sometimes we have to cut family time short. But most of the time? It’s not necessity that motivates us. 

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