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Teach Them This To Give Them That

Nov 28, 2023

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Discover the importance of teaching resilience and adaptability to children and the impact of sleep on decision-making. Also, learn about the benefits of the Momentus Sleep Pack.

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Teaching our children adaptability to circumstances is more important than striving to make them happy.

Getting a good night's sleep can improve decision-making abilities and overall performance.

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Teaching resilience and adaptability

Epictetus, an ancient philosopher, emphasized the importance of teaching our children to be adaptable to circumstances rather than focusing solely on making them happy. While we can't give our children happiness or provide them with a step-by-step guide to achieve it, we can equip them with skills such as resilience, managing frustration, handling difficult tasks, and focusing on the process rather than the outcome. Additionally, we can teach them values like empathy, usefulness, and love, which will ultimately enable them to experience happiness and navigate life's challenges more effectively.

Teaching Resilience and Adaptability for Life and Happiness

3min

We want happy kids, obviously. But as we talked about recently, you can’t make your kids happy. Certainly, you can’t always keep them happy.

So what do you do?

There’s a great exchange between Epictetus (we recommend his Discourses) and one of his students. The student is asking Epictetus to show him what to do so he can be wise and successful. This is the wrong request, Epictetus says. It would be better to ask how to be adaptable to circumstances.

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