The Importance of Teaching Children How to Do Hard Things

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2023/01/24/challenging-children/

A follow up to my previous episode The Ineffability of Conservatism this episode attempts to approach things without bringing in religion. Though it does circle back there before the end. In particular we discuss three kinds of challenges:

1. Challenges which are unavoidable.
2. Challenges which can be avoided but we choose not to. 
3. Challenges which can be avoided and we do.

I argue that while we've moved a lot of things out of the first bucket we should be cautious about trying to move everything into bucket three. Challenges make us, and particularly are children resiliant and that's a good thing.