On several occasions, I have asked audiences of parents, “Everyone knows that the primary job of parents is to protect their children from pain? Yes?
Show of hands.” Every hand goes up.
Who could disagree with such an obvious truth, right?
Can Confidence Be Learned from Pain?
Well, I disagree, for one. Our job as parents is to teach our children how to LIVE with pain in such a way that they become stronger and more confident. THAT is our job.
Learning is NOT possible without making mistakes, and many of those are quite uncomfortable. They hurt—sometimes a lot. And the hurts of the world WILL happen to us—and to our children.
We can’t control every risk.
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