Change Your Brain Every Day A Parent's Biggest Mistake If You Want to Raise a Mentally Strong Child (from a Psychiatrist)
Oct 31, 2025
Discover how overhelping can harm your child's self-esteem and competence. Learn the importance of allowing kids to face challenges and make small mistakes. Hear about a mom's transformative approach to homework using Love and Logic techniques. Explore how responsible decision-making fosters accountability and independence in children. Get insights on coaching kids through problem-solving with a structured four-step process. Ultimately, understand that self-esteem is built through self-efficacy, promoting mental resilience.
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Daily Choices Shape The Brain
- Every day you are either improving your brain or worsening it through your actions and choices.
- Parents often mistake shielding kids from discomfort as love, which undermines resilience.
Chloe Learned Responsibility Early
- When Chloe was seven her mother did her homework battles for hours until a course changed their approach.
- After being held responsible, Chloe quickly started doing homework herself and rarely forgot things again.
Use Affordable Consequences
- Let children experience affordable consequences for minor mistakes so they learn responsibility.
- Allowing small failures teaches competence and reduces future dependence on parents.