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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

Oh yikes at that last bit. I hate how few parents seem to understand that the basis of resilience is support. It begins at a young age, you let them go get hurt and come crying to their parents who patch their injuries, tell them that they were brave and tough, and let them feel comfortable venturing out again. You scale it up as they get older, so they know that they're encouraged to seek the boundaries of their world and abilities independently, and that when they fail they have people who can help if they need it.

Trying to "toughen up" a kid so often just scars them and encourages an unhealthy relationship with risk (and with their parents)