You asked Emily Oster a question about building resilience in children. A stable household is part of it but giving children more independence and autonomy also contributes. I am a huge fan of both Lenore Skenazy (Free Range Kids) and The Blessing of a Skinned Knee/The Blessing of a B- (Wendy Mogel). My children started sleep away camp …
You asked Emily Oster a question about building resilience in children. A stable household is part of it but giving children more independence and autonomy also contributes. I am a huge fan of both Lenore Skenazy (Free Range Kids) and The Blessing of a Skinned Knee/The Blessing of a B- (Wendy Mogel). My children started sleep away camp the summer after kindergarten, for a week, moving up to 4 weeks at a time over the next few years. We expected them to work part-time starting their junior year of high school. We do not track them. And we have learned to count to 10 before responding to a big confession because we want them to keep talking to us and can only help with the problems we know about. They have stumbled and mistakes have definitely been made but the message is always, "You get to decide how this chapter ends." That being said, there is no right way to parent and we are all making it up as we go along to some extent. Good luck with the baby!
You asked Emily Oster a question about building resilience in children. A stable household is part of it but giving children more independence and autonomy also contributes. I am a huge fan of both Lenore Skenazy (Free Range Kids) and The Blessing of a Skinned Knee/The Blessing of a B- (Wendy Mogel). My children started sleep away camp the summer after kindergarten, for a week, moving up to 4 weeks at a time over the next few years. We expected them to work part-time starting their junior year of high school. We do not track them. And we have learned to count to 10 before responding to a big confession because we want them to keep talking to us and can only help with the problems we know about. They have stumbled and mistakes have definitely been made but the message is always, "You get to decide how this chapter ends." That being said, there is no right way to parent and we are all making it up as we go along to some extent. Good luck with the baby!