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Bringing out the good in kids—and parents—with Becky Kennedy

ReThinking

CHAPTER

I Want My Kids to Be Happy, but Where's the Immediate Fix?

"I want my kid to be happy means, okay, my kid didn't make the soccer team. I'll drive them right away to this other town so they can make that soccer team," he says. "All that's done is yes, give your kid momentary short term happiness ... but all it's done is reduced their tolerance for distress."

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