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adrienne
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The surgeon general issued an advisory on parents’ mental health. Parenting is now in the same category as cigarettes regarding public health risks. The cause? “the expectation that they spend ever more time and money educating and enriching their children. These pressures, researchers say, are driven in part by fears about the modern-day economy — that if parents don’t equip their children with every possible advantage, their children could fail to achieve a secure, middle-class life.” @coachcoale and I happened to be talking about this just today on a zoom As a parent of teenagers I’m playing a different game than most of my peers. While they hire tutors and focus all their energy on getting into the best college, I’m focused on building independence, resilience, and a love of learning. It’s less stressful this way. (Links in next cast)
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torii.base.eth
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I FEEL so seen from this, so much! I have an 8 year old and a 10 year old-- both girls-- so we are bracing for a lot of changes and Im behind in every way possible in our home. What are different ways you are helping them with resilience and love of learning? Those are areas my girls would really benefit for more attention in, ya'know?
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Resilience- letting them fail so they can see they can recover and the world doesn’t end. Not trying to swoop in and solve their problems and letting them sit with their own discomfort. Love of learning- small things to make learning feel fun, like having trivia books in the car when they were young . Showing interest in what they are learning. Telling them I care more about the act of learning than the grades they get
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