Does your child need you to direct their play, unless they're on a screen?
Do they give up the moment something isn't easy?
Do you find yourself stepping in because watching them struggle is too hard?
When you picture your child as an adult, you probably hope they'll be able to roll with disappointment, stick with it when things are hard, and stay steady when life doesn't go as planned.
Unfortunately, something is getting in the way of our children developing that kind of grit and resilience.
Kids today have more structured activities, more opportunities for "enrichment", and access to more information and entertainment than any generation before them.
But they're less willing to try hard things. Less able to tolerate boredom. Less confident that they can figure things out without our help.
The very scaffolding we've built around them--out of love and the best of intentions--may be preventing them from developing self-confidence, resilience, and independence.
In this class, you're going to get tools to help you provide your child with the support they need, while helping them become more sturdy and self-assured.
Lenore Skenazy is a speaker, author, and syndicated columnist who became a household name — and was dubbed "America's Worst Mom" — after letting her 9-year-old ride the New York City subway alone in 2008. The backlash sparked a movement. She went on to write Free-Range Kids, found the Free-Range Kids blog, and co-found Let Grow with Jonathan Haidt and Peter Gray, a nonprofit whose mission is to make it easy, normal, and legal to give kids the independence they need to grow into capable, confident adults. Her 2025 TED Talk was named one of TED's 10 Essential Talks of the year.
The material covered in this class will help parents of toddlers through young adults.
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